ELECTROFRINGE

Alex White is an arts worker, facilitator and laptop musician based in Sydney. When not directing Electrofringe he also directs the Sydney leg of Liquid Architecture and works as Special Project Officer at Marrickville Youth Resource Centre. Alex began making experimental techno in the late 1990s, this practice evolved into noise based sound experimentation and live improvisation. He has performed at audio events in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra including; Impermanent Audio, Liquid Archetecture, Sound of Failure, Now Now and Wagga Space Program.

Since 2003 Alex has created and exhibited video, installation and sound works for gallery settings. His works have been exhibited at a variety of galleries including; PELT, First Draft, Wedding Circle, Art Space and Arts-Aporia (Osaka). Alex has facilitated group video shows and audio performance events at a variety of locations in Sydney and in 2006 he had his first solo show ‘Re-enactments’ at PELT Gallery.

Since completing a Bachelor of Electronic Arts (Honors) at The University of Western Sydney in 2005 he has worked with a variety of artists and organisations as a contractor and artist in residence developing and assisting projects such as; interactive video systems, interactive networked audio systems, commissioned video and audio works, live audio for performance, technical management and technology brokerage.

Alex has been involved in Electrofringe as production manager in 2006 and as co-ordinator of Process Space in 2004 and 2005. He is very excited to be a co-director of Electrofringe in 2007 and 2008.

Elmar Trefz works in the area of Media Art and Interaction Design. One of his interests is the relationship between the real and the virtual world. An example was The Race Car Project at Playshop in the Yerba Buena Center of Arts, San Francisco where Internet users from the virtual world could control RC Cars in the real world.

Furthermore, he is interested in how the Internet can be liberated from the screen and float freely around us. This interest is manifested in his work The Wave Pillow, where a Surfer can feel the size of the waves on the vibration of a pillow. Both of these projects were outcomes of his Residency at Futurefarmers in San Francisco, California where he also gained his first teaching experiences with Amy Franceschini at Stanford’s SUDAC Lab.

His project City Veins is based on the ubiquitous existence of Mobile Phones and their owner’s relationship with the urban environment. Its aim is to visualize Location Based interaction. He has also been involved in projects at the ZKM - Karlsruhe, Germany and the Disonancias initiative in San Sebastian, Spain.

Originally, he is from Germany but studied Media Art in Melbourne, Australia and at the Media Centre of Art and Design in Barcelona, Spain where he was mentored by Claudia Gianetti. He is currently based in Sydney, Australia.

Contact

EMAIL: electrofringedirectors08[at]gmail.com