Addictive TV and the NFT have announced details of a new festival designed to explore the "convergence of visuals & music". Called Optronica, the festival will feature screenings, live performances and talks all on the theme of audio-visual entertainment.
Programme highlights include:
- Audiovisual show and talk from electronic music pioneer and Kraftwerk star Karl Bartos.
- World premiere of Warp Records act Plaid and video artist Bob Jaroc's new surround-sound audiovisual project 'Greedy Baby'.
- UK premiere of DJ Spooky's 'Rebirth of a Nation' - a live solo film remix by the noted New York turntablist adding new music and meaning to DW Griffith's controversial masterpiece 'The Birth of a Nation'.
- A one-off club night at The Spitz with synergistic DJ:VJ sets from French DJ Joakim (Versatile Records), Dutch electro-meister Legowelt (Bunker Records), Si Begg (Mute), eMovie (France), VJ Milosh (Poland), TomoGrapher (Japan) and Stanzacrew (Holland).
- Special live AV performance from Addictive TV on the flytower of the National Theatre (NT), with spectacular projections visible across the Thames.
Full info is online at http://www.optronica.org - press info from the Outpost.