Every year since 1990, this festival has provided a perspective on experimental sound creation that is open to all, accessible, familiar and committed to the values of aesthetic innovation. “Punto de Encuentro” (Meeting point) features more than fifty activities in which more than a hundred artists take part and showcases the most important artistic productions of 2016 in the field of sound art and experimental music in Spain.
Organised by the Spanish electroacoustic music association (AMEE, Asociación de Música Electroacústica de España), the festival offers a packed programme of activities (workshops, concerts, performances, roundtables, etc.) from 23 to 29 November. Entry is free until all places are filled.
Schedule:
Monday 23, Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Room C.
17:00-19:00. Escuchando Medialab-Prado (Listening to Medialab-Prado): creative listening workshop guided by Gustavo Matamoros. Register in advance.
Tuesday 26 November.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Auditorium.
17:00. Presentación del XXII Festival Internacional de Arte Sonoro y Música Electroacústica “Punto de Encuentro” AVLAB (Introduction to the 22nd “Punto de Encuentro” international sound art and electroacoustic music festival), AVLAB.
17:30. Propuestas formativas en el ámbito del arte sonoro y la música electroacústica (Educational proposals in the field of sound art and electroacoustic music): a discussion between Jesús Jara (Medialab), Wade Matthews (Cruce), Abel Hernández (UEM), Sergio Luque (CSKG) and Álvaro Hernández (Escuela SUR), moderated by Ferrer-Molina.
19:00. Concierto de improvisación libre (Improvisation concert): Wade Matthews (live electronic music) and Josep Lluís Galiana (saxophone).
20:00. Concierto: audiovisual, performance y electrónica en vivo (Concert: audiovisual, performance and live electronic music) by Gustavo Matamoros.
Friday 27 November.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Auditorium.
16:00. Synchresis Programa 15: selection of videomusic pieces (by Stefano Scarani and Julia Chiner).
17:30. Músicas utópicas (Utopian music): voice, guitars, electronic music and video, by Rafael Liñán.
19:00. Concert: live electronic music, by Miguel A. García.
20:00. Perceptual: audiovisual concert of live electronic music, by Richard Garet.
Interludes: Truna (Andrés Blasco).
Saturday 28 November. AVLAB session.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Auditorium.
16:00. La vida secreta de Gregorio Samsa: abriendo el código de una obra multimedia (The secret life of Gregorio Samsa: opening the code of a multimedia work) by Pedro Linde.
17:00. Una vida en sonidos (A life in sounds): Eduardo Polonio in dialogue with María de Alvear and Miguel Álvarez-Fernández. In collaboration with: Luscinia Discos.
18:30. Estreno: ¿Qué hacen todos esos girasoles mirando hacia Japón?, obra audiovisual de 1 + 1 = 1 (Premiere: What are all those sunflowers doing facing Japan? Audiovisual work of 1 + 1 = 1): Eduardo Polonio and Santiago Torralba.
19:00. Concert: toy piano and sound objects, by Jef Chippewa. Performer: Béatrice Traver.
20:00. Concert: percussion, silent drum and hand (interactive controllers of live electronic music), by Jaime Oliver. Performer: Pau Vila.
Organised by the Spanish electroacoustic music association (AMEE, Asociación de Música Electroacústica de España), the festival offers a packed programme of activities (workshops, concerts, performances, roundtables, etc.) from 23 to 29 November. Entry is free until all places are filled.
Schedule:
Monday 23, Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Room C.
17:00-19:00. Escuchando Medialab-Prado (Listening to Medialab-Prado): creative listening workshop guided by Gustavo Matamoros. Register in advance.
Tuesday 26 November.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Auditorium.
17:00. Presentación del XXII Festival Internacional de Arte Sonoro y Música Electroacústica “Punto de Encuentro” AVLAB (Introduction to the 22nd “Punto de Encuentro” international sound art and electroacoustic music festival), AVLAB.
17:30. Propuestas formativas en el ámbito del arte sonoro y la música electroacústica (Educational proposals in the field of sound art and electroacoustic music): a discussion between Jesús Jara (Medialab), Wade Matthews (Cruce), Abel Hernández (UEM), Sergio Luque (CSKG) and Álvaro Hernández (Escuela SUR), moderated by Ferrer-Molina.
19:00. Concierto de improvisación libre (Improvisation concert): Wade Matthews (live electronic music) and Josep Lluís Galiana (saxophone).
20:00. Concierto: audiovisual, performance y electrónica en vivo (Concert: audiovisual, performance and live electronic music) by Gustavo Matamoros.
Friday 27 November.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Auditorium.
16:00. Synchresis Programa 15: selection of videomusic pieces (by Stefano Scarani and Julia Chiner).
17:30. Músicas utópicas (Utopian music): voice, guitars, electronic music and video, by Rafael Liñán.
19:00. Concert: live electronic music, by Miguel A. García.
20:00. Perceptual: audiovisual concert of live electronic music, by Richard Garet.
Interludes: Truna (Andrés Blasco).
Saturday 28 November. AVLAB session.
Medialab-Prado (Madrid). Auditorium.
16:00. La vida secreta de Gregorio Samsa: abriendo el código de una obra multimedia (The secret life of Gregorio Samsa: opening the code of a multimedia work) by Pedro Linde.
17:00. Una vida en sonidos (A life in sounds): Eduardo Polonio in dialogue with María de Alvear and Miguel Álvarez-Fernández. In collaboration with: Luscinia Discos.
18:30. Estreno: ¿Qué hacen todos esos girasoles mirando hacia Japón?, obra audiovisual de 1 + 1 = 1 (Premiere: What are all those sunflowers doing facing Japan? Audiovisual work of 1 + 1 = 1): Eduardo Polonio and Santiago Torralba.
19:00. Concert: toy piano and sound objects, by Jef Chippewa. Performer: Béatrice Traver.
20:00. Concert: percussion, silent drum and hand (interactive controllers of live electronic music), by Jaime Oliver. Performer: Pau Vila.