CAMP – History
The fruits of this approach have been clearly shown by past festivals:
CAMP 1999, Sudhaus Tübingen
CAMP 2003, Gewerbepark Carl Schirm, Kirchentellinsfurt
CAMP 2005/1, O Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal),
CAMP 2005/2, Stuttgarter Wagenhallen
CAMP 2007 and 2009, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
In 2011, CAMP has been invited to hold the festival in Zagreb. Previous events have persuasively demonstrated the effectiveness of the CAMP concept – and the innovative results it delivers. Public and press alike were impressed by the creative power of the performances and installations.
Attempts to melt music and images date back to the Renaissance, but enjoyed little lasting success prior to the invention of moving pictures. With the advent of film as art-in-time, music finally had a fitting visual counterpart. The music visualizations of Oskar Fischinger and Len Lye are impressive testimony to this fact. Moreover, the development of new digital media has brought a paradigm shift in the concept of film. As “digital cinema” (Lev Manovich), film now encompasses all time-based digital visual forms – in particular,
image sequences created and mixed live in real-time (visuals).
From the festival’s inception in 1999, CAMP participants have sought to marry these new visual forms with music. In an era when visual music is now a well established theme of major exhibitions such as Visual Music 1905-2005 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles), and when research is being undertaken into new audio-visual forms, it is only natural to step up these efforts.
In addition to visual-music performances, CAMP 2007 for the first time included educational events. These took the form of discussions and lectures, as well as workshops. This not only enabled participants and visitors to reflect on the works created within the scope of the festival; it also provided young people and students with insight into the practicalities of working with innovative technologies. CAMP 2007 was funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
In 2009, CAMP celebrated its tenth anniversary with a program of audio-visual concerts, lectures, and workshops. It also saw the launch of CAMPart, a sound- and media-art exhibition staged by members of the CAMP community, which currently comprises more than 70 artists from 18 countries.
From the festival’s inception in 1999, CAMP participants have sought to marry these new visual forms with music. In an era when visual music is now a well established theme of major exhibitions such as Visual Music 1905-2005 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles), and when research is being undertaken into new audio-visual forms, it is only natural to step up these efforts.
In addition to visual-music performances, CAMP 2007 for the first time included educational events. These took the form of discussions and lectures, as well as workshops. This not only enabled participants and visitors to reflect on the works created within the scope of the festival; it also provided young people and students with insight into the practicalities of working with innovative technologies. CAMP 2007 was funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
In 2009, CAMP celebrated its tenth anniversary with a program of audio-visual concerts, lectures, and workshops. It also saw the launch of CAMPart, a sound- and media-art exhibition staged by members of the CAMP community, which currently comprises more than 70 artists from 18 countries.