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F E S T I VA L
M.A.R.S.
TO THE TENTH DIMENSION
BERLIN - LOS ANGELES - SHANGHAI
M.A.R.S. 2018 INTRODUCTION As we leave the 20th century behind and rush toward the future on the wings of rapid scientific progress, the basic structure of the world is re-emerging. What we perceive as "reality" is being re-ordered in a fundamentally new way where, according to quantum physics, matter can both exist and not exist simultaneously. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave describes people shackled together in a cave staring at the shadows on the wall and believing it to be their only reality. The human race now stands at a crossroads in that cave; on the one hand, shackled by our ignorance and age-old assumptions, and on the other, embracing the advances of our newfound technological age. Although our human senses limit our ability to understand our true reality, we still have to try. This is where science can intervene to help us by allowing us to see a brighter, more colorful picture of our world by providing tools that can help us find a greater truth. Scientific experiments, formulas, calculations, and debates are no different than a musician's instrument, or an artist's pen; they all help us to see the world in a fundamentally different way. As science seeks to better our understanding of the world, music and art allow us to express how our rapidly evolving reality affects us as humans. This is the mission of M.A.R.S. 2018: To explore this new vision by combining science and technology with the expression of music and art.
TO THE TENTH DIMENSION
In the case of high-dimensional entangled quantum states being teleported through a
single channel, M.A.R.S. functions as the observer, the channel, and the universe itself.
In doing this, M.A.R.S. reconstructs the chronology of the cosmos through the use of
arts, music, and visual projections.
ARTS/ LIVE NEW PANEL
PERFORMANCES CONCERTS TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSION
The Future of Global Music & Arts Exploration
MULTIVERSE M.A.R.S. Los Angeles October 6 - 13, 2018 ARRIVAL M.A.R.S. Shanghai October 26 - December 1, 2018 PROMETHEUS M.A.R.S. Berlin December 7 - 9, 2018
MULTIVERSE
M.A.R.S. 2018 LOS ANGELES
The Multiverse is a collection of theoretically limited possible universes whose existences
are known mostly as parallel universes. With each measurement or observation, a new
and independent universe is produced unlike the previous. Universes are all individual,
yet are somehow still connected at every moment.
As M.A.R.S. comes to Los Angeles, which is already a multicultural energy source
endlessly overlapping itself, the question remains; what kinds of nested strings will
collide in our landscape? The answer; All.
The Future of Global Music & Arts Exploration
M.A.R.S. 2018 LOS ANGELES • 2 weekends • 2 hip venues in DTLA • 3 Concerts • 20+ Musicians • 10+ Artists • 1 Panel Discussion • 1000+ Capacity AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE CONCERT • Advanced Technology • 3D Video Mapping Projections • Interactive Projections • Light Projections DAILY ACTIVITIES + ART EVENTS
OCT. 5 FESTIVAL OPENING: TELEPORMARTIAN WITH ENSEMBLE GARAGE AND THISPLAY Four commissioned composers: Genoel Lilenstern, Katharina Rosenberger, Ying Wang and Wen Liu. TeleporMartian is constructing a new world through the latest techniques of video mapping, 3D room projections, virtual reality, and interactive projections with performers, granting spectators access to a one of a kind virtual space. And what exactly does this new world mean to us? It creates a unique program by commissioning four internationally emerged composers. This new world is the result of a pioneering collaboration between composers and technologists, expanding the possibilities of artistic expression and technical innovation. Second Program: late evening party concert: Plug&play Me w/ Ensemble garage.
OCT. 6 MULTIVERSE (PART I) WITH JESSE GILBERT AND MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON The depth and range of Atwood-Ferguson’s work is vast, having contributed to over 500 recordings, and thousands of live concerts. He has a rare gift as well as a serious devotion and dedication to continuing the development of his talents. Atwood-Ferguson effortlessly bridges diverse genres and multiple generations of musical and cultural elements into cohesive and magical presentations. And it’s his ability to connect with music of all styles, forms, and traditions that sets him apart. Miguel’s interests are numerous and he performs, tours and records with ensembles ranging from electronica, avant-garde, jazz, classical, hip-hop, and pop to name a few from countries all around the world.
OCT. 7 MULTIVERSE (PART II) WITH JESSE GILBERT AND MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON If there are an infinite number of universes in the Multiverse, somewhere there is a place where almost everything is identical to our current universe. For example, there may be another ‘you’ who is only different in the slightest ways, possibly working in a different industry. Or perhaps, there are a lot of ‘you’ doing all kinds of work. M.A.R.S. LA brings this final scene into a multiverse scenario.
M.A.R.S. 2018 LOS ANGELES SPECIAL PROGRAM • October 10, 2018 at ArtShare L.A. The first M.A.R.S. Forum: Art and Quantum Physics • With Professor Barry Barish, 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics Through academic conferences, workshops, and lectures, MARS will start a productive and profound session to discuss the innovation in the direction of technology, and art integration of the contemporary world, in order to provide a new starting point. The discussion within this session will cover a variety of subjects including the relationship between art, music, science, technology, and philosophy.
ARRIVAL
M.A.R.S. 2018 SHANGHAI
As humans, we have always expressed a deep fascination with ourselves. We study our own history,
psychology, philosophy, and deities. Along with the extensive studies of our own culture, humans
continue to create new forms of art, music, and technology to advance ourselves in so many ways.
Much of our knowledge centers around ourselves as if we are the essence of the universe.
At one time, people thought the earth was flat, and the world was a static center. There was also a
time that we once imagined the universe was a tiny and stagnant place.
However, from quarks, black holes, photons, and space fluctuations to the newly discovered
gravitational waves, quantum physics opens up a window for all of us. As we grow into adulthood,
we learn that the world is no longer just a bedroom and a playground. Through the concept of
infinite possibilities, we embrace the fact that a grain of sand can be just as vast as the sky.
Now, after roaming Berlin and Los Angeles, the final stop for M.A.R.S. is Shanghai, China.
The Future of Global Music & Arts ExplorationM.A.R.S. 2018 SHANGHAI • 2 weekend immersive experience • Top advanced visual-design technology: 360° interactive projection mirrors; projection mapping onto live performers; 3D video projections, and more and more… • Mixing experimental visual art, theater, performance, and avant-pop concert into an escape-room show that defies a new label, pioneers a new form. • Blurring the line between concert, theater, escape-room and live performance. • A never-seen-before Yin-Yang designed performance space. • Unique lifetime experience of space travel through MARS Tunnel.
OCT. 27 FESTIVAL OPENING: TELEPORMARTIAN W/ ENSEMBLE GARAGE AND THISPLAY Four commissioned composers: Genoel Lilenstern, Katharina Rosenberger, Ying Wang and Wen Liu. TeleporMartian is constructing a new world through the latest techniques of video mapping, 3D room projections, virtual reality, and interactive projections with performers, granting spectators access to a one of a kind virtual space. And what exactly does this new world mean to us? It creates a unique program by commissioning four internationally emerged composers. This new world is the result of a pioneering collaboration between composers and technologists, expanding the possibilities of artistic expression and technical innovation. Second Program: late evening party concert: Plug&play Me w/ Ensemble garage.
NOV. 2018 M.A.R.S. PAVILION IMMERSIVE THEATER-ESCAPE ART PERFORMANCE MARS Pavilion combines poetic, artistic, and scientific visual design along with advanced technology to transform spaces into interactive playgrounds for visitors. The story of To the Tenth Dimension is told in 500 sqm of audiovisual projections where the visitors can interact with 360°projection-mapping interactive mirrors on the wall as well as an immersive 3D video projection ceiling. Together, this creates an endless environment and magnifying the visitor’s immersive experience. MARS Pavilion designs large-scale immersive theatrical escape rooms with live performers, musicians, and mixed reality experiences where the story, physical game, spectacle, interaction, and performance deliver transcendent, awe-inspiring journeys.
M.A.R.S. PAVILION - TO THE TENTH DIMENSION MARS Pavilion is a dome construction that transforms into a unique Yin-Yang inspired performance space. Its presentational form is considered to be promenade escape-room type theater, in which the visitors are guided by live performers to solve puzzles in order to go through Yin and Yang rooms. The Entrance: Each guest receives a secret code in order to enter the pavilion through separate hallways. One is led into Room Ying and another is led into Room Yang.
THE NEO FUTURIST DINNER CHROMATIC DINING An Exclusive Multisensorial Immersive Dining Experience with Martin Butler, Alexander Gershberg Five senses, five course Following the logic of sense, this dining experience challenges the way food influences our emotions, sensations, thoughts, and associations. The five-course chromatic dinner is inspired by the ideas of Kandinskys' principles of Klangfarben, and the influence of the Chinese five elements: Tree, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water. Each course is created in accordance with the color and underlying principles of each element and is designed with a different taste, smell, texture, and sound to create a five-course chromatic dining experience. Quoting synesthesia, a perceptual condition in which the stimulation of one sense triggers an automatic, involuntary experience.
THE NEO FUTURIST DINNER CHROMATIC DINING DETAILS Before each course is served, NATURAL COLOR enhancing glasses are given out, which are created specifically for each course. The glasses are a contrasting color to their respective dishes and are also worn before each dish is served. When the glasses are removed, the color of the food becomes naturally enhanced. For each course, guests are given a perfumed cone. Each course has a different scent which evokes a different color. (M.A.R.S. is currently in an exclusive collaboration with a perfume company to offer exclusively designed perfume to accompany this dinner event.) All the dishes are created with their respective scent as their main ingredient. As the aroma of each dish grows stronger, the monochromatic experience begins to take effect. COURSE 1 COURSE 3 COURSE 5 Spring, light, uplifting, airy, Soil, comfort, sweet, Water, mystery, depth, salty, fragile earth, compassion night, darkness, spirit Ingredient: TBD Ingredient: TBD Ingredient: TBD Scent: TBD Scent: TBD Scent: TBD Music/Sound: TBD Music/Sound: TBD Music/Sound: TBD COURSE 2 COURSE 4 Fire, passionate, Metal, stylish, ordered, flamboyant, chaotic strict, Japanese, sharp Ingredient: TBD Ingredient: TBD Scent: TBD Scent: TBD Music/Sound: TBD Music/Sound: TBD
EXCLUSIVE PARTNER: WEST BUND ART CENTER, SHANGHAI Since its founding in 2014, West Bund Art Center has continued to welcome and cultivate an excitingly diverse range of galleries and promote established and emerging artists from around the world. Alongside the West Bund Art Center, the growing cluster of galleries and institutions that have established themselves in the area augments the progressive and dynamic energy of the West Bund Art District and the city of Shanghai. As an exclusive partner, West Bund will provide both venue and support for MARS Shanghai.
PRE-OPENING VIP MEMBERS CLUB Yongfoo Elite Members Club stands on an area of 2,300 square meters. Its main structure, the old garden villa featuring Spanish architectural style built in the 1930s, was once the Consulate of the former Soviet Union and Vietnam before becoming the British Consulate between 1980 and 2001. After completion of the three-year renovation effort that started in 2001, the Yongfoo Elite, a prestigious membership club, opened in 2004. Yongfoo Elite is in exclusive collaboration with MARS for pre-opening and VIP receptions.
MEDIA PARTNERS
PROMETHEUS
M.A.R.S. 2018 BERLIN
According to the most insightful predictions regarding the fate of our universe, all
matter, space, and time will eventually collapse into a dimensionless singularity.
Apparently, this will be an event that transforms the universe into its original state
prior to the Big Bang. In addition, humanity and the technology we have spawned will
cease to exist altogether. Keeping this in mind, Berlin, as the first stop of M.A.R.S. 2018,
will also be the end as well as the beginning to something new. The result? An infinitely
passionate reality.
The Future of Global Music & Arts ExplorationM.A.R.S. 2018 BERLIN • M.A.R.S. Berlin ArtistsDirectors: AROTIN&SERGHEI • Venue: TBD (500+ Capacity) • Advanced Technology • 3D Video Mapping Projections • Interactive Projections • Light Projections A DAY WITH • Arts&Performances Events • Arts Installations
DEC. 7 M.A.R.S. BERLIN OPENING TELEPORMARTIAN WITH ENSEMBLE GARAGE AND THISPLAY Four commissioned composers: Genoel Lilenstern, Katharina Rosenberger, Ying Wang and Wen Liu. TeleporMartian is constructing a new world through the latest techniques of video mapping, 3D room projections, virtual reality, and interactive projections with performers, granting spectators access to a one of a kind virtual space. And what exactly does this new world mean to us? It creates a unique program by commissioning four internationally emerged composers. This new world is the result of a pioneering collaboration between composers and technologists, expanding the possibilities of artistic expression and technical innovation. Second Program: late evening party concert: Plug&play Me w/ Ensemble garage.
DEC. 8-9 PROMETHEUS ARTISTIC CURATORS: AROTIN&SERGHEI Does the universe have a beginning? M.A.R.S. Berlin starts the journey from the Big Bang to the Final Collapse, reconstructing the evolutionary progress of a universe.
ARTISTIC CURATORS: AROTIN&SERGHEI AROTIN & SERGHEI are working in the fields of creation, research, innovation, intermedial paintings, films, music, and the production of art installations and multidisciplinary art projects. AROTIN & SERGHEI’s artworks have been commissioned by Fondation Beyeler (2016), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (2016), Biennale di Venezia (2015), Ars Electronica (2014-17), and presented among others at Artcurial (2016), TEFAF Maastricht (2012), as well as at galleries and art centers in Brussels, Paris, Milan, Venice, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva and Vienna. Their works have been included in public and private international art collections.
ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE: ENSEMBLE GARAGE (GERMANY) The Ensemble has presented unusual concert formats throughout Germany and were invited to ‘aXes Festival Krakau and Kwadrofonik Festival Warschau, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Ultraschall Festival Berlin, Tonlagen Festival Hellerau, Darmstädter summer courses or Philharmonic Cologne and Essen. Different Music theatre productions were invited to De Bijloke Gent, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Spor Festival Aarhus and éclat Festival Stuttgart. The ensemble initiated exchange projects with young composers between Cologne, Paris, Istanbul, and Helsinki and will present transmedial und music theatrical programs in 2018 at the Ruhrtriennale, Rochester (NY), Berlin (MARS Festival), Cologne, Los Angeles and Shanghai. CD Productions (with Jagoda Szmytka, Brigitta Muntendorf, and Steen Krebber), broadcasts and different artistic collaborations (Thierry Bruehl, Erik Bosgraaf, Michael Beil, Michael Höppner, Cio D’Or, Electric Indigo) chaperone the ensemble ’s endeavors which include the concert series “Frau Musica (nova)” at German Radio.
EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION WITH THISPLAY THISPLAY is a world-renowned, Vienna based interdisciplinary design studio that provides interactive presentation systems and focuses on experiments with new techniques that align the virtual world even closer to the real one. Featured Awards: 2007 V2_ Labs Project Grant Rotterdam, Netherlands 2007 Kunsthalle Wien Award Vienna, Austria 2009 Project Grant, BMUKK Austria & Medialab Prado Austria & Spain
EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT: TP. MIRROR A Virtual Dressing Room. TP.MIRROR system is capable of measuring sizes and proportions and therefore enables users to accurately estimate the fitting of clothes. Furthermore, users also get suggestions on which size fits them best. The mirror can also be used for tailor-made clothing, whereby the 3D model automatically adapts to the user’s proportions. TP.MIRROR AM controls the movement of an avatar the can be of any kind: from a character of an animation movie to an emperor of former times everything is possible. TP.MIRROR works with 3D skeleton tracking and comes in 4K resolution, powered by the latest graphics processors.
FOUNDED IN
LOS ANGELES 2017
M.A.R.S. is a progressive music and arts festival that connects
musicians, artists, and audiences through the means of virtual
reality – merging and blurring the geographical realities of its
three arts capital cities: Berlin - Los Angeles - Shanghai.
Through carefully curated and hand-picked events, M.A.R.S.
expands the musical imagination by blurring the borders
between music and other applied arts.
The Future of Global Music & Arts ExplorationThrough technology, human beings are more connected on a
global level than ever before. M.A.R.S. was born out of a need
for a globally interactive and artistic platform, where everyone
is welcome, and various arts can be paired and explored with
one another on a grand scale. M.A.R.S. offers insight into art
reflecting the swooshing tempos of today - left, right, up and
down. This insight is possible through advanced new
technologies of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, plus
creative and interactive programming as we aim to give
performance art a new spin. The artists involved choose a
concept and theme that will govern their collaborative
processes and foster a more comprehensive array of interests
for audiences than artists of a usual contemporary music
festival. Visual art, film, fashion, and performance will bring an
understanding and conceptualization of music to a higher
level of awareness for both the performers and the audience.
The Future of Global Music & Arts ExplorationYOUNG & NEW EDGY INTERDISCIPLINARY
LOS ANGELES 2017
April 14-23,2017
Los Angeles
Venues:
Art Share L.A.
Angel City Brewery
The Future of Global Music & Arts ExplorationM.A.R.S. 2017
BY THE NUMBERS
83 MUSICIANS
Joining us for the festival were many local and world-renowned
ensembles, including Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra and
the International Contemporary Ensemble. This year also saw
the genesis of the M.A.R.S. Collective, which will continue to
be an integral ensemble in the fest.
15 ARTISTS
Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, our arts weeks was home to
fantastic works by local artists ranging from videography and
visual art to performance pieces and commissioned
installations.
12
WORLD, US & WEST COAST PREMIERES
Each main concert saw the premiere of at least two new
works from both US and internationally based composers.
400
+ ATTENDEES
Two spectacular venues hosted our events in the DTLA Art’s
District: Art Share L.A. and Angel City Brewery.
The Future of Global Music & Arts ExplorationAPR. 14 M.A.R.S. ELECTRIC On a busy night in our Arts District destination, Angel City Brewery, LA natives Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra – an orchestra conductor – will explore the soundscapes of new music with a 45-piece orchestra. Creating a silver lining of electronica will be special guest composer & turntablist Jorge Sanchez-Chiong. The opening night performance will be performed by world-renowned, new media performance artist Tiffany Trenda, who will explore the relationship of the human body to technology as well as how our identities are influenced by our devices.
APR. 15 MARS GENESIS WITH M.A.R.S. COLLECTIVE Through the latest techniques of video mapping, projection, and lighting design, Genesis creates an interactive walk-through experience around the Art Share Gallery that will explore the creation of sound and light bringing nothingness to LIFE. This looping event (beginning on the hour, every hour) features compositions from Ashley Fure and Stefan Prins, leading up to Alexander Schubert’s explosive piece, Sensate Focus, performed by the M.A.R.S. Collective (Lina Bahn, Brian Walsh, Mak Grgic, and Justin Dehart). Making a special guest appearance will be Swiss visitors Ensemble Inverspace. M.A.R.S COLLECTIVE If the Festival M.A.R.S. explores musical and artistic collaboration extensively on a global and in-depth level of pure artistic being. The M.A.R.S. Collective is this festival’s vehicle for total artwork. It is a collaborative of localized musicians and artists, continuously changing and evolving as the festival takes different shapes globally.
APR. 21 M.A.R.S. ICE WITH INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE M.A.R.S. ICE will begin with a performance art piece by Amy Kaps entitled, “Unraveling.” Starting in her room at Art Share and landing amongst her photographs at Angel City Brewery, Kaps will enact her wildly popular slow-motion in a siren-song manner, leaving a trail of tape behind her as she moves through the neighborhood between venues, slowly coming apart in real time. Then, there will be ICE…
APR. 23 M.A.R.S. SUPER SONIC WITH ENSEMBLE PAMPLEMOUSSE The ensemble is a close-knit group of different artistic personalities, emergent from training in a variety of different musical fields. Their collective love for the exquisite in all sonic realms leads the ensemble to persistently discover new vistas of sound at the frayed edges of several instrumental performance techniques. Compositions aggregate each member's unique talents into extraordinary magical moments. In the flexible moments of performance, the ensemble weaves together shapes of resonance, clusters of vibrations, assortments of hyperactivity, and an array of creativity into impeccable structures of unified beauty.
M.A.R.S. 2017
ARTS WEEK
M.A.R.S. curator Shana Nys Dambrot takes us on a journey of
provocation, intrigue, fascination and conceptual novelty. M.A.R.S. Test
Site Salons brings forth art programming that reflects an aesthetic
approach in visual corollary to the musical spirit of the festival — one that
is expressive of fast-paced and futuristic realities while remaining
tethered to shared, direct experience and place-making attentions.
PERFORMANCE ARTISTS INSTALLATION ARTISTS
• Tiffany Trenda • Dosshaus
• Amy Kaps • Kio Griffith
• Jesse Gilbert • Jay Mark Johnson
FILM
Miscreants - A fashion feature dance and performance film is being
produced in partnership with M.A.R.S. World Premiere at festival M.A.R.S.
BEER
In collaboration with Angel City Brewery, M.A.R.S. Beer - specially made
for Festival M.A.R.S. - was released during the 10 day festival in Los Angeles.
FASHION SHOW
Exclusively cooperated with international progressive fashion brand
Bohemian Society, a special fashion art event took place at festival M.A.R.S.
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