 
2/26/2010
 Extrapool is a venue where international artists are invited to create, analyse and present work that defies classification and crosses various media boundaries. It is a fruitfull production place for experimental art, music, film and performance. During Go Short the curious attitude of Extrapool is turned towards the medium of filmmaking. Extrapool exhibits several surprising and inspiring movies, installations, productions and performances by an international gathering of artists. Legendary animation-artist Bruce Bickford visits Nijmegen to give a presentation of his work and notably his latest work "Castle ". The films, live-actions and installations of Ate Matthijs Hes give reality just the little right turn to dazzle you. Dan Geesin (1970, UK) observes the ordinary and works with a variety of media to show us a not so ordinary story. The films and installations of Karel Doing (1965, Canberra, Australia) deal with elusive subjects such as music, rhythm, poetry, death, memory and felicity. Major B cuts up analogue, obscure audio samples and merges them in his own audiovisual recordings or found video footage. For the performance in Extrapool two extra live-musicians will burn the stage with him. Servants Installation by Karel Doing | Wednesday 17 March - Friday 19 March | 21:00 - 23:00 The films and installations of Karel Doing (1965, Canberra, Australia) deal with elusive subjects such as music, rhythm, poetry, death, memory and felicity. His work is screened and exhibited in a wide range of public spaces such as musea, theaters, cinema and internet, as well in global art crosspoints (New York, London, Paris) as on less obvious locations (Jakarta, Paramaribo, Kabelvåg). He lives and works in Rotterdam. Megapool Installation by Ate M Hes | Saturday 20 March & Sunday 21 March | 14.00 - 18.00 Ate Matthijs Hes works and lives in Utrecht. The films, live-actions and installations of Ate M Hes have a mind-scorching simplicity, giving reality just that little twist to dazzle you. For more details visit the Extrapool site 
From the moment the paper press was invented, type has been a weapon, and paper the battleground. The recent shift towards digital media has expanded and intensified this writing warzone even further. The audio-visual installation TYPOGRAPHIC GUN explores the subjective potential of the written medium. The library becomes the epicenter of a conflict between two opposing texts, opinions or ideals. The subjectivity is hidden behind interpolating typography, alternating between 5 and 20Hz, melting the two channels together, but at the same time generating the conflict by means of anticolors and after image. Spectators can choose to block out any of the information streams by means of a color filter. Every book that has been uploaded into the system produces its own unique soundtrack, converting sentences into a rhythm of microtonal sound that adds to the experience of the conflict.
The Typographic Gun is a project by students of the ArtEZ institute of the arts, the Department of Interactive Media Design and Martijn van Boven. 
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