Igor Štromajer & Brane Zorman: BALLETTIKKA INTERNETTIKKA

On Friday, 6th May 2005 at 9pm we have opened Ballettikka internettikka exhibition, the first summarized exhibition of Štromajer's and Zorman's internet project. The exhibition was opened until the 16th of May in the KiBela gallery. The visitors were able to get the taste of internet intimacy!

»Štromajer is dancing the internet ballet, MC Brane is a MIDI-MP3 orchestra conductor, Grassi tactically occupies the media«

This time KiBela introduced the whole history of the Ballettikka Internettikka project, from Stromajer's and Zorman's research of the internet ballet in March 2001, their illegal invasion on the Moscow Bolshoy Theatre in March 2002 and robot mini experimental derivative created in November 2003 in connection with Ljubljana and Norwegian Bergen, the automobile version on the Ljubljana bypass, tactical Ballettikka RealVideo Internettikka, to the robot internet invasion on Milan Scala in November 2004. Original documents and artefacts were exhibited, preparations of various phases were introduced, as well as videos and www documentation.

Ballettikka Internettikka was developed in the production of Intima virtual base (2001 – 2004) and Aksiom Institute (2003). First part of the project (the internet ballet) was rewarded with a first prize on the XXIII. Moscow International Film Festival (Media Forum CyberMovie - Internet art projects associated with new forms of screen shows on the web section) in June 2001.

About the authors:
Igor Štromajer is a mobile internet communicator. He investigates tactical emotional states and traumatic low technology strategies. He exhibited on numerous exhibitions and received many awards (Moscow, Hamburg, Dresden, Belfort, Madrid).
Brane Zorman was behind the steering wheel of the cult punk group O!KULT and then passed over to the electronic music. He was one of the pioneers of the SLO techno music and one of the first techno DJs in Slovenia. Since the year 1987 he composes music for Slovenian and international theatre, dance and multimedia projects.

More: www.intima.org