otolab (Milano, Italy)

Az otolab egy 2001-ben alakult zenészekből, DJ-kből, Vj-kből, videóművészekből, videó készítőkből, web designerekből, grafikusokból és építészekből álló milánói csapat.

" Otolab was founded in 2001 in Milan by an affinity group of musicians, djs, vjs, videoartists, videomakers, web designers, graphic designers and architects joined to go through a common path in the field of the electronic music and audiovisual research.
The projects are developed through lab sessions, seminars and live performance according to the principles of brainstorming and mutual support, free circulation of knowledge and experimentation.
The production includes collective and individual projects managed with languages ranging from experimental electronics to techno, dub and industrial sonorities, always looking for a symbiotic relationship with image and video.
Otolab is a cultural association committed to create live media and installations and to carry out audio and audiovisual projects, seminars and workshops.
In these years, Otolab members have been welcomed to festivals, cultural events, museums, national and international galleries and have contributed to the realization of self-managed cultural initiatives. "


otolab, u.d.o. from otolab on Vimeo.
An experimental clip from a long time ago.
audio: maikko
video: orgone
otolab - 2002

otolab, stare mesto from otolab on Vimeo.
Conceived for the ImproVisual section of the Prague Biennale (May 2003) this audiovisual performance originated from the obscure musical weavings of Dies_ and Maikko.
The graphic images come from Mud and xo00’s laptops: the former supplying mutant architectural environments within a 2D/3D ambiguity, the latter creating mouse-dragged planes and transparencies.
The live mix of the two visual sources in a chromatically homogeneous vectorial composition gives birth to abstract and evocative landscape.
visuals: mud, xo00
sound: dies_, maikko
total time: around 40’

otolab, animula from otolab on Vimeo.
animula
installazione audiovisiva 5+1
Cinque forme luminose rinchiuse in uno spazio metafisico
danzano e cantano, scindendosi e fondendosi tra loro.
Originariamente concepito per una diffusione surround
a cinque canali "Animula" è stato realizzato
per il progetto Optofonica
(www.optofonica.com).
Five shining shapes are locked in a metaphysical space.
They dance and sing, splitting and melting each one in other.
"Animula" was realised for a 5.1 surround sound diffusion
and was commissioned by Optofonica
(www.optofonica.com).
otolab 2007
visuals: mud
sound: ssim_el
total time: 08.00’

otolab, reel from otolab on Vimeo.