:: Upcoming Shows luma.launisch


March 19th, "Spanisches Liederbuch" by Hugo Wolf@ Radiokulturhaus Wien, Quer Festival Vienna

March 22nd, Exhibition Opening "Hopes, Dreams & Hard Times", a photo project of Alexandros Lambrovassilis & Achilleas Peklaris @ Benaki Museum Athens, feat. the video "Island" by luma.launisch

May 21st , EXPO ...special sound:frame vienna showcase, @ the Austrian Pavillon/ Shanghai

Sept 1st, Freakwave Festival , until sept 5th, Bregenz

 

:: August 2009: exhibition @ Salon Projektionist Vienna
"Thriller - Crushed by the lightness of life"

 

thriller

 

 

:: June 2009: in concert with ALKINOOS IOANNIDIS

alkinoos ioannidis

 

:: Correspondences remixed - now ONLINE

Charles Baudelaire’s poem “Correspondences” is the basis for a composition by Gene Pritsker, originally scored for chorus, chamber orchestra, Di.J. (live Samplestra electronics) and accompanied by a live visual composition of luma.launisch. The original piece was premiered at the Musikfest Bremen in 2007 with Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble, the Latvian State choir "LATVIJA" and Astrid Steiner.

In the concert "Correspondences remixed" Gene Pritsker manipulates the live instruments and chorus and improvises on the material with electronics, while Steiner visualizes the poem live to the music.

Baudelaire's "Correspondences" describes the scents and smells of our environment, originally focusing on the sensation of nature. The visuals show the beauty of nowadays environment and visualize the scents of a metropolis – an homage to New York.

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:: Installation 7 Minutes 20 Seconds

7 Minutes 20 Seconds is a loop of my video "WHO ARE YOU? SAID THE CATERPILLAR" and JOHANNES GIRARDONI's installation Passage Room. The video refers to the different aspects of self-perception and identity in contrast with social projection. It describes the process when familiar patterns fade as the projection screen becomes empty in audio-visual analogies that underline the toughness of this battle. The music is composed by techno wizard GREGOR LADENHAUF aka ZANSHIN.

7min

photo by David Plakke

:: Trailer for the exhibition "THE VEIL"

If you walk by Times Square you have the chance to see my trailer for the exhibition "THE VEIL" at the Austrian Cultural Forum. The trailer will be played on the CNN screen for the next month - the Video is running on the Half-hour.  9:30, 10:30, 11:30 etc.

the veil

 

:: Recent Shows

VIENNA // March 27th & 28th 2009
OPENING WEEKEND SOUND:FRAME FESTIVAL 2009

Sound:frame - the festival for the visualization of electronic music has been acclaimed as the "Best VJ Event 2008" from the yearly polls of the British DJ Mag.
The exhibition at the Vienna Kuenstlerhaus features LUMA.LAUNISCH’s video installation NEED 4 NIGHT with music by techno romantic GABRIEL KOGLER.
In addition luma.launisch will perform live on both nights, on Saturday the 28th after Karl Bartos’ (Kraftwerk) live cinema performance at the Gartenbaukino! Don’t miss that!!

need4night who are you


:: DEMOREEL 2009 - now online!

luma.launisch proudly present our new demoreel. thanks to gabriel kogler for the soundtrack and to birgit hertel for additional footage and great inspirations.

demoreel

:: the most beautiful island

most beautiful island

(music by zanshin)

:: inaugurating obama

some impressions of washington dc around the inauguration of barack obama. (music: matt herskowitz plays george gershwin)

inaugurating

:: latest shows

february 7th@Joe's Pub
: chanda rule is an extraordinary singer and musician and i am flattered i was part of her show at the SOUL EROTICA.

february 5th@the JCC Manhattan: cellist borislav strulev gave a fabulous gig at the JCC Manhattan. This polka is a composition by sergei dreznin.

 

soul eroticaborislav strulev

 


:: romantikraum#8

the romantikraum #8 is a quadrophonic audio+video installation, a visual poem about shared moments that drift apart. the romantikraum was presented at Vienna's Künstlerhaus in january 2008. it's an homage to the neverending seeking for love. music by gabriel kogler, video by luma.launisch
watch the trailer (MOV)


romantikraum



:: design & realization of the presentation video for the departure Look/Book 2008

departure supports company founders and provides targeted funding for companies of Vienna’s creative industries. The annual report Look/Book 2008 and the video were presented to the public on October 11, 2008, during the Vienna Design Week. The music for the video comes from Austrian techno poet Zanshin .
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departure




:: 2 new videos released on female:pressure dvd1

female:pressure is a pioneering project to raise the visibility of female artists in electronic music and celebrates the 10 year anniversery with the release of a dvd. VJ Luma's contribution to the sampler is the visualization of margaret noble's track "Nufon" and mimikry's remix of "Wazzup".

nufon wazzup



:: Astrid Steiner @ A Tribute to Joe Zawinul // 29.09.2007

krisjan järvi's absolute ensemble & the zawinul syndicate joined together to commemorate the unique jazz musician joe zawinul at the konzerthaus in vienna. It was a big honour & a real pleasure to be invited to do my visuals at this unforgettable tribute.



:: Astrid Steiner @ Bremen Music Festival

Astrid Steiner creates new videos for Gene Pritsker's piece Three Poems From Flowers of Evil, based on poetry of Charles Baudelaire. It was premiered at the Bremen Music Festival with Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble and The Latvian State Choir "Latvija" on Sept 15th.

"The Death of the Lovers" of 3 Flowers of Evil (3'10", mov )

all scenes are shot at vienna's SASS club ... hottest club in town!



:: contact
astrid steiner
astrid@yuri.at

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