Guest Artist Workshop with claudia cox and tobi pfeil (only Slime)
ABOUT “ONLY SLIME”
Transgressive and interdisciplinary by nature, ONLY SLIME evades labels and genres in their search for new forms of expression and storytelling in the contemporary music, performance and arts scene. Combining their background in punk, classical music, computer games, free jazz, acrobatics, hyperpop, experimental theater, electronic music production and film, the duo seeks a playful limitlessness through vastly different mediums and artistic modes of expressions.
ONLY SLIME consists of Claudia Cox, also known under her hyperpop moniker Peri Winkle, who, in addition to her work as an artist and vocalist, opened Wiener Festwochen as a violinist and acrobat. The other member is Tobi Pfeil, who has worked on everything from immersive VR-experiences at the Venice Biennale, to creating award-winning sound installations in abandoned factory halls.
The duo is currently working on their debut album release, a VR installation, and further international collaborations with other ensembles and artist collectives around the world.
They are performing their motion capture computer game opera AFTERLIFE as part of Vårscenefest 2024, and this workshop will give some insight into their artistic process, their implementation of tech and digital media, and their visions and ideas for future stagings and productions.
WORKSHOP INFO
The workshop will include a presentation of ONLY SLIME's work involving tools like real-time motion capture, electronic music production and live electronics, staging, light programming and speculative storytelling. Further, the duo will discuss their artistic visions and the role and potential uses of the stage space for future stagings and productions.
We will take a deep-dive into Unreal Engine and look at the possibilities afforded by this tool in a stage context.
The workshop will conclude with an open brainstorm and Q & A session.
Workshop will be conducted at Tvibit on Monday, 29.april and starts at 1700. Admission is free and for all ages, but sign up required due to limited spaces. Workshop is conducted in collaboration with Kreativ Teknologi@Tvibit and Vårscenefest 2024.
About the Artists
CLAUDIA COX
Claudia Cox, also known as Peri Winkle, is a highly accomplished interdisciplinary artist, specializing in music, performance, acrobatics, and visual arts.
As one half of multidisciplinary arts duo ONLY SLIME, alongside collaborator Tobi Pfeil, Claudia explores AI-assisted art, game design, performance, 3D animation, and avant-garde experimental theatre work. Slime's notable achievements include the upcoming debut computer game opera 'AFTERLIFE,' premiering at Blackbox Theater in 2024, Norwegian delegation participant in Norway Now, an international delegation pitching program in New York City presented by Performing Arts Hub Norway and the Norwegian Ambassador of America which led to their latest work BLACK MAGIC (commissioned by Ensemble NEKO3) to be booked at Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Bogota, Colombia, this may.
In addition to her solo work, Claudia is a member of the Vienna-based ensemble, Freestyle Orchestra. This group combines classical music with acrobatics, creating captivating performances that have been showcased on the global stage. Highlights include performances at the Biennale in Venice for the Australian-New Zealand Pavilion, Vivid Festival in Sydney, Shorts featured on Austrian National Television, and most recently, at the opening of Wiener Festwochen
She has a deep passion for pushing the boundaries of art, resulting in unique projects and collaborations that challenge conventional norms.
TOBI PFEIL
What would life on earth feel like if it was played like a level in a computer game - or explored like a test setting in a simulation? The transformative nature of reality itself is ongoingly questioned by Norwegian-German composer, artist and performer Tobi Pfeil (they/them), in works ranging from electronic music productions, multi-medial music theater compositions, performances and game design. Skillfully implementing various digital media in forms that transgress the status quo, the line between artificiality and reality remains ambiguously blurred in Pfeil’s alluring hyper-space playgrounds and speculative post-digital narratives.
Tobi Pfeil’s explorative methods can be traced back to their early performances in punk-bands and free improv groups, which led to a BA in Music Performance from RMC Copenhagen, with tutors such as Jenny Hval, Thurston Moore, Jakob Bro and Lotte Anker. Pfeil subsequently studied composition with Simon Steen-Andersen and Cathy Van Eck in Bern, and Alexander Schubert in Hamburg, and is currently using AI tools and Unreal Engine in works examining virtual environments as a transcendental mediums, as possibilities for re-framing our relationships to technology, nature and our personal sense of self.
Their work has been presented in contexts such as the Venice Biennale, CTM Festival Berlin, Staatsoper unter den Linden, Jam Fes Tokyo, Black Box Theatre Oslo, Dover Lane Music Conference Kolkata, Iceland Airwaves and Fika Fest Montreal.
Catch the performance of “Afterlife” by ONLY SLIME at Rådstua after the workshop. For more information about this, check out this link - https://www.varscenefest.org/afterlife