Studio Martin Backes
Kottbusser Damm 101
10967 Berlin
Germany
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Welcome to the website of artist, multi-disciplinary technologist, director, hacker, and composer Martin Backes
My Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality (AR) work called ‘What do I know? I am just a machine?!’ will be shown at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf as part of the group exhibition ‘Welcome to Paradise’ starting from August 26.
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My net art work „I am sitting in a machine;“ will be part of this year’s online edition of Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) in Athens (Greece).
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‘Music Automats’ grew out of the project NOOSTOPIA, a dance and theatre piece, I created together with the choreographer Moritz Ostruschnjak for Theater Bielefeld. The work is a interactive robotic sound installation that consists of several robotic instruments. The robots could be controlled in various ways, which includes […]
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The latest project to come out of The Wrong (which runs The Wrong Digital Art Biennale) is The Wrong TV, a new online tv platform for digital art, music & culture, with 24/7 free live streaming. David Quiles Guilló reached out to Ben Grosser to curate a program […]
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After months of hard work, I am happy to share some exciting news. Together with Choreographer Moritz Ostruschnjak, I created a dance and theatre piece for Theater Bielefeld called NOOSTOPIA. Expect lots of robots, a crazy stage & lightning design coming straight out of a virtual world, great […]
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My installation ‘What do machines sing of?’ will be shown next as part of the ‘BIENNIAL OF DIGITAL ARTS NÉMO’ at Le Centquatre-Paris. So if you happen to be around, see you there!
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My installation ‘What do machines sing of?’ will be part of this years Nuit blanche in Paris (France). ‘Nuit Blanche – edition 18’ will take place at Le Centquatre-Paris on october 5th, 2019. It`s bascially a sort of pre-opening on October 5th, 2019 of the following ‘BIENNIAL OF […]
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The last year I was working on my first Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality (AR) art project. So I am very happy to announce that my new work called ‘What do I know? I am just a machine?!’ is finally completed.
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My installation ‘What do machines sing of?’ will be shown next as part of a group show called ‘Pandora’s Box Opened’ at whiteBOX in Munich. So if you happen to be around for the opening, see you there!
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I am very excited to announce that my new work called „Nature Changes Along with Us“ is finally ready for the public. The work is basically a generative/algorithmic 3-channel computer/video installation and deals with the human impact on our planet and with our changing notion of nature. It´s […]
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I designed and built my very own noise synthesizer made out of simple electronics components (resistors, capacitors, transistors, LEDs, integrated circuit chips). By the use of such primitive analog computers in combination with feedback, sensors and other inputs, “Blue Noise Box” creates it`s very unique sound.
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I am looking very much forward to give some lectures at the CODE University of Applied Sciences Berlin. During the upcoming semester I will teach two classes within the ‚Interaction Design‘ course program.
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I am really happy to present my latest work „I am sitting in a machine;“ at KlangLand 17 in Kassel, Germany.
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My installation “What do machines sing of?” will be shown at this wonderful place called NEW MEDIA GALLERY. The exhibition takes place 20 October — 22 December in Vancouver, Canada. More information after the click.
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My installation “What do machines sing of?” will be part of this years “MÈQ FESTIVAL – Festival international d’art numérique performatif et de création audiovisuelle contemporaine” in Montpellier (France). MÈQ FESTIVAL takes place 12 October — 14 October at Humain trop humain CDN Montpellier. I will also give […]
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Happy to announce that I will be part of this fantastic 2-day programme of workshops, roundtables and installations at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón, Spain. The purpose of summerLAB is to exchange experiences of community work that promote the creative and critical use of […]
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I am really happy to present my new work “I am sitting in a machine;”. The work consists of two parts. One part is a web page application distributed via the Internet. The other part is a limited edition dubplate record consisting of 30 units.
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“What do machines sing of?” will be part of B-Seite – Festival für visuelle Kunst und Jetztkultur in Mannheim (Germany).
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My work “What do machines sing of?” will be part of the CTM Festival Edition 2017 in Berlin (Germany). CTM Festival’s 18th edition takes place 27 January – 5 February 2017 at various venues in Berlin.
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I finally finished a new installation called “What do machines sing of?”.
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Back in May, I collaborated with M.I.A. for her latest “Double Bubble Trouble” music video with my very own Pixelhead mask. Three of four Pixelhead masks from the music video are going to auction (Ebay). The masks are strictly limited to four, each worn in the music video, […]
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I am happy to announce that I collaborated with M.I.A. for her new “Double Bubble Trouble” music video, directed by herself. Please find my art work Pixelhead as part of her music video after the click.
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For WHITEvoid and Bertron Schwarz Frey, we (aconica – creative lab for sound + media) worked on an interactive multimedia installation for the reopening of the Mendelssohn-Haus museum.
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Join us for DONNERSTAGSBAR – PLATOON members & friends night, which will feature Peter Kirn’s very special live set and a head-to-head DJ set by Peter and myself! After the click you will also find a new DJ promo mix which features current bass music culture for your […]
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I did a collaboration project with Daniel Franke from We Are Chopchop & Focus + Echo for this interactive audiovisual installation called ’Gedankenscherz’. I composed all the music and was also responsible for the sound interaction design.
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