Addictive TV: ‘Audiovisualize’ at the ICA Digital Studio

January 14 – February 7 2004

Audiovisual crew and DVD label Addictive TV are curating an exhibition of leading edge AV (audiovisual) work produced for their television and DVD projects. The exhibition explores the synergistic relationship between music and visuals, focusing on AV mixes - a new genre of art that bridges the gaps between cinema, club culture and the digital arts scene. Featured will be examples of film remixes from Addictive TV's ongoing Mixmasters project; classic and cult films that have been re-edited, re-soundtracked and reworked into ten minute AV remixes and include: Akira Kurosawa's epic Seven Samurai, the Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn thriller Charade and George A Romero's zombie classic Night of the Living Dead.

This exhibition will feature Addictive TV's own work alongside that of some of the world's leading AV artists, VJs, DJs and music producers. From the UK, featured artists include Giles Thacker (Orbital's resident animator & VJ) with The Mellowtrons, Si Begg and Robin Mahoney as the Noodles Foundation and Exceeda, winners of the 2003 Diesel-U-Music VJ award. From further afield there's work by US artists including DJ Spooky and AV pioneer Brian Kane (Emergency Broadcast Network), key figures on the Japanese VJ scene Glamoove (creators of the Motion Dive VJ software) and Gooddy, and from mainland Europe - German AV gurus Bauhouse and French award winning short film directors and VJs Metronomic.

Talk: Addictive TV at the ICA Digital Studio

January 29 2004

London based Addictive TV are a unique group of visuals artists, creative editors, DJs, VJs and producers who have emerged as a key part of the global VJ and AV community, giving artists worldwide a platform with their television and DVD projects and screenings at film, music and digital arts festivals worldwide. Graham Daniels of Addictive TV will give a unique insight into their way of doing things, taking questions and showing examples of their work, including extracts from their other ground-breaking television and DVD projects Transambient for Channel 4 and Sci-Fi's remixed NASA archive series Spaced Out. He'll also outline the development/rise to prominence of VJs (visuals jockeys) and AV (audiovisual) artists across the world.

The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
The Mall
London
SW1Y 5AH

Digital Studio open: Wed-Fri 4-8pm, Sat 2-6pm

Entry to exhibition: £1.50 weekdays, £2.50 Saturdays

Box office: 020 7930 3647

www.ica.org.uk

For more information contact: Francoise (Addictive TV) on 020 77000333 or mail@addictive.com www.addictive.com