ABOUT TRANSFORMA

Transforma is an artist group who's work has a focus on video, performance, installations and music/video collisions. Transforma's work has been performed live and shown at festivals around the world. Transforma's work is always highly rhythmic, digital yet handcrafted and visually challenging. Transforma collaborates with other artists and musicians to create pieces, that blur borders of established genres in live performance, art & music. Transforma are Luke Bennett, Baris Hasselbach and Simon Krahl.

Selected Exhibitions / Performances

(2010)

Project 1051 at Sophiensaele, Berlin (DE)
Installation / Workshop / Artist Talk

Project 1051 at Batofar, Paris (FR)
Installation / Workshop

Chloé vs. Transforma / Concert Video
(European Tour)
www.dj-chloe.com

Asynthome / Audio-Video Live Performance
(European Tour)

Némo Festival, Paris (FR)
Asynthome Premiere / Audio-Video Live Performance

23. European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (DE)
Bang Out / Cinema Program

Club Transmediale, Berlin (DE)
Operators, Live AV-Performance at Opening Night at HAU II
www.clubtransmediale.de

(2009)

E.Motion graphique, Lille (FR)
Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille
Videoinstallation "Franzenman" / Group Exhibition curated by Régis Contentin

Visionsonic Festival, Paris/Creteil (FR)
Operators, Live AV-Performance

onedotzero / Adventures in Motion, London (UK)
Bang Out / Cinema Program

LTM presents: Suburban vs Urban, London (UK)
Synken / Cinema Program

Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, New York (US)
Sound Frame Festival Exchange
Synken / Cinema Program

Mediateca Caixaforum, Barcelona (ES)
Synken / Live Cinema DVD Collection curated by Mia Makela

Le Bestiere Numerique (at Second Nature Festival), Aix en Provence (FR)
Videoinstallation "Franzenman" / Group Exhibition

Club Transmediale, 2009, Berlin (DE)
Live Video Concept for Opening Night at MAO
www.clubtransmediale.de

Apparat "Rave-Show", Concert Video
(Europe, Asia, North/South America)
www.apparat.net

(2008)

Europäischer Monat der Fotografie
Photo Edition Berlin, Berlin (DE)
The other gallery, Photoseries / Group Exhibition
www.photo-edition-berlin.com

Sequences Festival, Reykjavik (IS)
Video Konzept & Live Video for Ben Frost
www.sequences.is

Berlin im Licht at Märkisches Museum, Berlin (DE)
Mr. Light, Video Loop & Installation / Group Exhibition curated by jutojo
www.jutojo.de

Second Nature Festival, Aix en Provence (FR)
Video Concept & Live Video for Chloé
www.dj-chloe.com

SYNKEN (screening):
- Sonar Festival / Live Cinematic Explorations In The Era Of Realtime, Barcelona (ES)
- Amoda Digital Showcase, Cinema Program, Austin (US)
- Soundframe Festival, Vienna (AT)

SYNKEN (Live-Cinema Performance):
- Innovaction / Videounlimited, Udine (IT)
- Territorios Festival, Sevilla (ES)
- Lev Festival, Gijon (ES)

Weddingdress #2, Berlin (DE)
TRANSFORMA presents BIGBESEN
Installation, Mixed Media

Live Video for Apparat "Rave-Show"
(Europe, Asia, North/South America)
www.apparat.net

(2007)

Live Video for Apparat "Rave-Show"
(Europe)
www.apparat.net

SYNKEN (Live-Cinema Performance):
- Cimatics Festival 2007, Brüssel (BE)
- Dissonanze presents Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome (IT)
- Almost Cinema, Vooruit Int. Film Festival Genth 2007, Genth (BE)
- Muv Festival, Florence (IT)
- Shitkatapult Record Release & Premiere, Berlin (DE)

SYNKEN (screening):
- Sonar Festival at MACBA, Barcelona (ES)
- SPOT-Taipei Film House, Taipei (TW)
- Dis-Patch Cinema, Belgrade (YU)
- Enter 3 Festival, Prag (CZ)
- Secondenature, Marseille (FR)
- Paradiso Club, Amsterdam (NL)
- c/o pop, Köln (DE)
- Bad Bonn Kilbi, Bad Bonn (CH)
- Skanu Mezs / Sound Forrest 2007, Riga (LV)
- (Premiere) Club Transmediale 2007, Berlin (DE)

(2006)

Production of SYNKEN

(2005)

Optronica Festival, London (UK)
Cinema Program
www.optronica.co.uk

Club Transmediale, Berlin (DE)
Video Concept & Live Concert Video for Apparat & Band ("Arc")
www.clubtransmediale.de

Marke B - Berlin Label Festival, Berlin (DE)
Live Video + Slide Installation
www.markeb.de

Basics Festival, Salzburg (AT)
Concert Visuals for Apparat + Phon.o
www.basics-festival.net

(2004)

Cimatics Festival, Brüssel (BE)
Audio-Video Performance with Taktik
www.cimatics.com

Clubtransmediale presents Narod Niki, Berlin (DE)
Live Video
www.clubtransmediale.de

Videofestival Bochum, Bochum (DE)
Audio-Video Performance with Lambent
www.videofestival.org

Sonar Festival, 2004, Barcelona (ES)
Shitkatapult Showcase, Concert Videos for Apparat + Phon.o
www.sonar.es

Amoda Digital Showcase, Austin (US)
Groupexhibition, DVD Loop
www.amoda.org

Contact Europe VJ Festival, Berlin (DE)
Live Video
www.projekttor.org

Club Transmediale 2004, Berlin (DE)
Live Video
www.clubtransmediale.de

(2003)

Burn+Consume Festival, Barcelona (ES)
Video+Infographik Concept / Live Video Performance with Apparat
www.platoniq.net/consume

Amoda Digital Showcase, Austin (US)
DVD Loop / Group Exhibition

Monikas Himmelfahrt 2003, Volksbühne, Berlin (DE)
Video Concept & Live Concert Video for Barbara Morgenstern und Masha Qrella

Club Transmediale 2003, Berlin (DE)
Live Video
www.clubtransmediale.de

PUBLISHED WORK

Phase 3 / Bayerischer Rundfunk
TV Program

Synken (2007)
DVD, Visual-Music-Film with O.S.T.
shitkatapult.com

Projektionsareal (2005)
DVD, VJ Documentation
projektionsarenal.de

Ruga (2005)
DVD, Music Video for O.S.T.
ruga-magazine.com

Mixmasters Series 4 (2004)
Television Program on ITV1
addictive.tv

Shitkatapult - Strike 50 (2004)
DVD, Music Video for Apparat
shitkatapult.com

Funkstörung - Isolated Triple Media
DVD & Book, Music Video for Funkstörung
funkstorung.com / die-gestalten.de

WORKSHOPS

University of Arts, Berlin (2010-2011)
Workshop & Lecture about Live Audio-Video Performance

Project 1051 / Videoworkshop (2010)
Paris / Berlin