‘Media Art Experiments’ – this is the motto that identifies lab30 festival as a meeting place for local, regional, and international media artists. For four days, about 50 creative artists gather at Kulturhaus abraxas in Augsburg (Germany) and present their latest works in exhibitions, concerts, workshops and performances. lab30 provides an exhibition hall and two stages for manifold experiments with arts and technologies. These experiments take account of our rapidly changing social environment by playfully using new media, by broadening our perspectives and by inviting us to reinterpret conventional and sometimes deadlocked ways of reception. In addition to presenting media art, the festival offers a platform for exchange – among artists and between artists and the audience. Within the landscape of international festivals, lab30 is therefore a unique place for communication and enables lasting encounters.
The festival offers 400 m² of exhibition space and two stages for sound and image experiments. The program of the festival will be curated from the submissions.
Exhibition:
Interactive installations and projects which play with the current (computer) technologies and digital possibilities in a visual and / or acoustic way. Outdoor and city installations, interventions, projections or performances are welcome as well. Submitted works should not be older than three years. To respond to the idea of the festival as a creative and communicative space it is encouraged that all artists present their works in Augsburg personally during the festival. One of the projects that take part in the exhibition will be awarded a prize of 1000 EUR (‘lab award’).
Stage:
All kinds of audio-visual projects that are suitable for the respective situation of the rooms:
a) Theatre (Kulturhaus abraxas): Ground-level black-box stage, raked seating area. Different kinds of projections (3 x approx. 4 x 4 m; front, left and right side) are possible.
b) Church (St. Thaddäus): Classic traditional church space, for acoustic and soft amplified sound performances
Workshops:
Various kinds of participative projects for children, teenagers and/or adults: e.g. building and construction of various devices, robots, instruments; composition, field recording, programming projects. Workshop leaders should instruct and support participants during workshop, the preferably in German, especially if aimed at a very young audience. Approximate length: 150 minutes. Any expenses for workshop material will be covered by the festival office.
The festival office will cover travel, board and lodging as well as transportation costs of all exhibits. In addition, all artists will receive an expense allowance.
