As part of the Opening Gala, transmediale.10 is proud to present an extraordinary collaboration in which Shanghai-based digital artist and computer hactivist aaajiao (Xu Wenkai) joins forces with one of the pioneers of Germany's electronic music, Byetone (Olaf Bender).
With this first set at the Café Stage, which is all about the strangeness of futurity, we get a taste of experimental sound art and music courtesy of Benjamin Laurent Aman. This is music that captures the senses by losing them!
The collaborative programme between Shanghai eARTS Festival and transmediale.10 is announced and contextualised by the directors of the two festivals, Lisa Zhou, Li Zhenhua and Stephen Kovats.
A night of performance and music examining China as one of the motifs of FUTURITY NOW!. Featuring three artists who represent a new wave of Chinese practitioners working beyond the constraints of social, political or geographical identity; Feng Mengbo, FM3_Zhang (Zhang Jian) and aaajiao (Xu Wenkai).
Ben Huang, the man responsible for bringing Beijing’s club scene to Europe (and vice versa) completes the Myths of The Near Future evening with a DJ set at the Café Stage.