THE MAPPING FESTIVAL: 10 DAYS / 7 PLACES DEDICATED TO VJing

The Mapping Festival is dedicated to VJing and to the task of combining moving images with contemporary cultures. Thus multiplying the events which animate the town and bestowing itself to the Genevans and international visitors.

Formed in 2005 by Modul8 conceptors and Zoo/Usine, The Mapping is in search of all passionate of real time image use, amateurs of electronic cultures, conviviality and discovery.

The festival is a true laboratory for the VJing discipline, offering both novices and professionals the possibility to experiment and encounter. This unique aspect gives the festival a world-wide reputation in the VJ-community as a meeting point you just have to visit.

What is VJing ? 

The definition of VJing is performance which consists in creating moving visual art (often video) on large displays or screens, often at events such as concerts, nightclubs and music festivals, and usually in conjunction with other performance art. This results in a live, multimedia performance that can include music, actors or dancers as well as live and prerecorded video. Also sometimes called «Realtime» or «Realtime Video».

 

METAMAPPING

MetaMapping is a week long residency that will take place prior to the Mapping Festival. A group of selected artists will be brought together under one roof to collaborate on an installation to be presented to the public for one day, May 7th, the second day of the Mapping Festival itself.

Practical information: Places / fees

Places

Bâtiment d’art contemporain (BAC)

Installations and AV performances

Ground floor and 1st floor
28 rue des Bains, 1205 Geneva
Opening hours : every day except Monday, from 11 AM to 8PM

Théâtre du Grütli

AV performances, live acts and workshop

White Box, 2nd floor
16, rue Général Dufour, 1204 Geneva
From May 10th to May 15th (except May 13th)
N.B: Reservations have to be made for the performances on May 14th and 15th. Please see below.
www.grutli.ch

Théâtre de la Parfumerie

Workshops and AV performances

7 chemin de la Gravière, 1227 Les Acacias
On Frid.7, Sat.8, Sun. 9, Wed.12 and Thu. 13 of May
N.B: Reservations have to be made for the performances on May 7th, 8th, 12th and 13th. Please see below.
www.laparfumerie.ch

Cinéma Spoutnik / Usine

AV performances & VJ Contest

4 place des Volontaires, 1204 Geneva
On Fri.7, Sat.8, Wed.12, Fri.14 and Sat.15 of May
www.spoutnik.info

Zoo / Usine

Parties, Clubbing

4 place des Volontaires, 1204 Geneva
On Fri.7, Sat.8, Wed.12, Thu.13, Fri.14 and Sat.15 of May
www.lezoo.ch

MÀD

Clubbing

20 bis rue du Stand, 1204 Geneva
Sat. 8th of May
http://mad-geneve.ch

Espace St Gervais

AV performances

Intersection of the Temple Street and the Terreaux-du-Temple Street, 1201 Genève
Beware : Mistake on the adress in the program
On May 7 and May 8.
www.espace-saint-gervais.ch

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Fees

1 day Pass (access to every place)	Advance sale	On the spot
May 7	32.-	35.-
May 8	47.-	50.-
May 12	42.-	45.-
May 13, 14 or 15	22.-	25.-
Week-end Pass (access to every place)
May 7-8	72.-	75.-
May 13-14-15	72.-	75.-
Pass Festival (access to every place)
From May 6 to May 16 : 10 days	152.-	155.-

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Reservations

The number of seats is limited for performances taking place at Théâtre de la Parfumerie and Grütli.
Please make reservations sending an email to reservation@mappingfestival.com
with your name, the number of seats, the place and the date.
THIS IS VALID EVEN FOR THE PASS HOLDERS !

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Points of sale and advance sales

Petzi : www.petzi.ch
Mapping Festivals ticket sale and info:
BACKSLASH
19, rue des Rois, 1204 Geneva (from May 3 2010 from 1PM to 7PM)

SNOOP DOGG ft. KiD CuDi - THAT TREE (VIDEO PREMIERE) 2010

Wait wait wait, you mean to tell us that Snoop Dogg linked with Kid Cudi to record a song called “That Tree” and it’s NOT about weed? What is going on here? Basically, the two hooked up with Diplo to record a song about the people closest to them over a beat that alternately sounds cold and alienating (think Neptunes’ “Drop it Like It’s Hot” era blowing-on-an-empty-milk-bottle drums) and fittingly warm. “That Tree” is from the expanded, re-released edition of Snoop’s Malice N Wonderland

KID CUDI "SOUNDTRACK 2 MY LIFE" (VIDEO)

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Check out the official music video to Kid Cudi's 'Soundtrack 2 My Life'



DatNewCudi.com: KiD CuDi - Soundtrack 2 My Life (Directed by Jason Goldwatch) from DatNewCudi / DP on Vimeo.

ERYKAH BADU ¦ WINDOW SEAT

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Erykah Badu tries to get arrested, while making her latest music video- 'Window Seat' in an attempt to stir up controversy.

According to Chike and Coodie, the directors of the clip — in which Badu slowly strips off her clothes while walking through famed Dealey Plaza in her native Dallas — the singer was aware of the potential consequences but wanted to roll the dice anyway. A Dallas Police Department spokesperson told MTV News on Tuesday that Badu could have been arrested and jailed for up to a year if an officer had caught her in the act. Chike says that nearly happened. "We already had planned for Coodie to make a certain move with the camera so that she would have the time to get up and do what she had to do to come for the rebirth for the last scene," he said of the jump-and-shoot guerilla shoot that was carried out without any official permits or clearances. "But then after that it was more like, 'Where's the van?' The van wasn't where we all thought it was supposed to be."

But luckily, moments later it screeched up across the street and everyone turned around and made a run for it. "Rushed in the van and she broke," said Chike of Badu's escape, which came as a few shocked bystanders made some noise about calling the cops. "It was nothing but two or three people, it was nothing that crazy at all," added Coodie of the protests. "There was that one lady, though, that was really just crazy with her missing teeth. She was like, 'That was so offensive!' I was like, 'Your teeth are offensive!' I was bugging because Erykah was mad at me for that." Because the filming took place in a crowded public plaza near a federal building — not to mention that it ends with Badu re-enacting the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy on the same spot where he was gunned down — Chike said everyone involved was on the lookout for any police cars or the sounds of sirens. "I just remember hearing a siren, or every minute looking up and seeing some kind of sheriff's car or something," he said. "So I was like, 'This is gonna be interesting.' "
Though no cops rolled up on them, Chike said Badu was prepared if the authorities nabbed her. "Her contingency plan was get arrested," he said. "She was big on doing it."
Coodie revealed that the directors had already collected bail money just in case.




Window Seat from Zassou on Vimeo.