Festival for contemporary music, art and political discourse
Nov 5 - 9 2008, Graz

Four nights packed with concerts, live acts, and DJs from all over the world. Four days of lectures, discussions, workshops, installations and performances from (independent) organizations, critical thinkers, activists and artists. Most events take place in venues carved inside the historic Schlossberg – the hill in the center of Graz.

The aim of Elevate 2008 is, together with scientists and activists, to raise awareness of the importance of the commons and to shed light on the social and cultural conflicts in the usage of these goods. This will be the framework for discussions, workshops, films and lectures as well as for the presentation of innovative projects.

Numerous workshops within the framework of the Elevate Lab in Forum Stadtpark offer local artists the chance to get to know the international festival guests. An Audio/Visual performance (DJ Spooky), interventions in public space and light experiments (in cooperation with TU Graz) guarantee a new atmosphere in and around the Schlossberg Graz. Guest curators like DJ Scotch Egg from Japan provide for unforgettable experiences during the nightly music programme.

Information:
How to get to Graz, Venues, Hotels, Press-Info



Artistic and musical innovations as well as the interaction of artists from various parts of the festival are the central themes of the 2008 programme. Numerous workshops within the framework of the Elevate Lab in Forum Stadtpark offer local artists the chance to get to know the international festival guests. An Audio/Visual performance (DJ Spooky), interventions in public space and light experiments (in cooperation with TU Graz) guarantee a new atmosphere in and around the Schlossberg Graz. Guest curators like DJ Scotch Egg from Japan provide for unforgettable experiences during the nightly music programme. Shying away from superlatives, but rather opening the possibility for encounters in the intimate atmosphere of individual club nights, with artists and genres that are largely still unknown in this country. More than a hundred artists from twelve nations, most of who will perform live, cater to stylistic diversity.








This compilation presents up-and-coming artists from the surrounding of the Elevate Festival in Graz/Austria. Download it for free here! And there are some web bonustracks available for free download too - right here!



Dom im Berg
presented by Falter

Grand Opening 8.00 pm in Dom im Berg
- Commons introduction: Silke Helfrich (commonsblog.de / DE)
- Opening speech: Percy Schmeiser (Right Livelihood Award 2007 / CA)



Music starting 9.30 pm:
Felix Kubin live (Gargarin Records, A-Musik / DE)
Fuck Buttons live (ATP Recordings / UK)
Attention, Cosmonauts! live (AT)
Mimu live (luv / AT)
Clara Moto (Infiné, Houseverbot / AT)

visuals: Orjo (backlab / AT)


FREE entrance!




Dom im Berg
presented by Kleine Zeitung

7.30pm

Commons Of The Mind

Discussion with introductory statements from all participants + audience participation

Music, art, science, open software, media, journalism – the wide range of "Commons of the mind"; those Commons which originate from human creativity and which are fundamental to the development of culture and progress. Examples of the controversies concerning the societal availability of "Commons of the mind", innovative projects and creative solutions which manifest themselves worldwide are the evening’s topics:

participants: DJ Spooky a.k.a. Paul D. Miller (US), Kaitlin Thaney (US), Ronaldo Lemos (BR), David Bollier (US), Michael Tuck (US)

after the discussion, starting 10:30pm

DJ Spooky – That Subliminal Kid (US) Performance
EmeeGrant.pdf (Easymoods / AT)


FREE entrance!




Dom im Berg (22:00 – 06:00) presented by FM4

dubstep / hip hop / idm / pop

The Bug feat. Warrior Queen & MC Flowdan (Ninja Tune, Rephlex / UK, JM)
Tim Exile live (Warp, Planet-Mu / DE)
Mark Pritchard aka Harmonic313 (Warp / UK)
Rustie (LuckyMe, Warp / UK)
Dorian Concept live (Kindred Spirits, aber records / AT)
Alfred Gassenhauer (KomaFM / AT)

Visuals: kon.txt (AT)


Dom im Berg 2nd Floor (22:00 – 06:00)

dub/techno

Deadbeat live (~scape, Wagonrepair / CA)
DJ Pinch (Tectonic, Punch Drunk / UK)
IZC (Dubsquare Rec., SubFM / AT)
El Rakkas (COTN, luv / AT)


Uhrturmkasematte (22:00 – 06:00)

noise / psychedelic / experimental

Scorn live (Ad Noiseam / UK)
Pre live (Skin Graft / UK)
MoHa! live (Rune Grammofon, Humbug / NO)
Drum Eyes feat. DJ Scotch Egg live (Load Rec. / UK, JP)
Dokkebi Q live (3QREQ / JP)
Jakuzi´s Attempt (Wire Globe / AT)
N>E>D (Overkill / UK)

*curated by DJ Scotch Egg


Afterhour (Sa. 06.00 bis 12.00 Uhr)

@ Parkhouse – Stadtpark

Bogdanovic aka DJ Redstar (luv, Dangerous Tweaker / AT)
F. Puschmann (houseverbot / AT)




Dom im Berg (22:00 – 06:00)

presented by Makava

minimal / electro / house

Atom™ live (Rather Interesting, Essay Recordings / CL)
Jay Haze aka Fuckpony live (Tuning Spork, Get Physical, Cocoon / DE)
Danton Eeprom live (Infiné, Rekids / UK)
DJ Glow ( Trust / AT)
Dangerous Tweakers live (Houseverbot / AT)
Illinoise (luv, elevate / AT)

Visuals: Vikkake (Lux & Koppold / AT)


Dom im Berg 2nd Floor (22:00 – 06:00)

baltimore / street bass / club

Starkey (Planet-Mu / US)
Drums of Death live (Greco-roman / UK)
Cee live (Al Haca, Crunchtime / AT)
B.L.O (disko404 / AT)
Chris Chronic & Focus (bass or die / AT)


Uhrturmkasematte (22:00 – 06:00)

breakcore / mashup / hardcore

Monster Zoku Onsomb live (Death$ucker, Acidsamovar / AU)
Reverse Tunes live (Zona / BR)
LFO Demon live (Sprengstoff Recordings / DE)
Mad EP live (Ad Noiseam, Hymen / US)
Ars Dada live (Oslo Break Fest / NO)
Raxyor live (Rancorous, Hive / US)
Koolmorf Widesen live (Anoise Records, ECG / IT)
Syncope live (System Breakdown Recordings, MNDR / AT)
Monstamash live (Nanophreak Consortium / AT)
Jacques Prell vs. Johannes Jeindl (def junk / AT)
Eiterherd live (Widerstand Records / AT)
DJ c64 (Dross:tik Records / CA)


Afterhour (So. 06.00 bis 12.00 Uhr)

@ Parkhouse - Stadtpark

Cheever (Spirals 1st / AT)
Martin Kober (landlordbeats) / AT




Wednesday and Thursday free entrance!

Day Ticket: pre-sale 18 EUR door 20 EUR / Festival-Ticket: pre-sale 34 Euro door 38 Euro
All lectures, discussions and workshops will be free of charge.

Presale online at Elevate Ticketshop

and at every Steiermärkische Sparkasse (discount for Spark7-Members) www.sparkasse.at // www.spark7.at


Graz:
Graz Tourismus Information / Herrengasse 16 / A-8010 Graz / Tel: +43 316 8075-0 / email: info@graztourismus.at
Zentralkartenbüro Graz / Herrengasse 7 / A-8010 Graz / Tel: +43 316 830255
Duxrecords / Annenstraße 6 / A-8020 Graz / Tel: +43 316 723727
Phono Records / Sparbersbachgasse 36 / A-8010 Graz / Tel: +43 316 890170 / www.phono-records.at


Vienna:
substance recordstore / Westbahnstraße 16 / A-1070 Wien / Mo - Fr 11.00-19.30 / Sa 10.00-18.00 / Tel: +43 1 523 67 57
Bounce Records / Faulmann-gasse/Operngasse 26 / A-1040 Wien / Tel: +43 1 585 7520 / www.bouncerecords.biz


Ö-Ticket Agencies:
ÖT-Center-Graz at bookshop Leykam / A-8010 Graz / Stempfergasse 3 / Tel: +43 316 71 66 66 / email: oeticket@aon.at / web: www.oeticket.com - also in Germany, Italy, Hungary and Slovenia

Austrian Railways - ÖBB / The "ÖBB Event Ticket" can help you save up to 60% of the train price if you start your journey from any station in Austria! Follow the instructions on our website.

With their fight against Monsanto’s abusive marketing practices, Percy and Louise Schmeiser have given the world a wake-up call about the dangers to farmers and biodiversity everywhere from the growing dominance and market aggression of companies engaged in the genetic engineering of crops.

Monsanto vs. Schmeiser
In 1998 Percy Schmeiser and his wife received a letter from the US agribusiness giant Monsanto claiming that they had used Monsanto seeds without a license in planting their 1997 crop. However, the Schmeisers had never bought Monsanto seed nor intended to have it on their land. It turned out that some Monsanto ‘Round-up Ready’ genetically modified canola (rape) seeds had blown over from the Schmeisers’ neighbour or from passing trucks. Thus, genes that Monsanto claimed to “own” under Canadian patent law had ended up in the Schmeisers’ seeds. Monsanto threatened to sue the Schmeisers for ‘infringement of patent’, seeking damages totalling $400,000. (CAD), including about $250,000. in legal fees, $105,000. in estimated profits from the Schmeisers’ 1998 crop, $13,500. ($15. an acre) for technology usage fees and $25,000. in punitive damages. At the same time, Monsanto offered to withdraw the legal challenge if the Schmeisers signed a contract to buy their seeds from Monsanto in the future and to pay the technology use fee.

But the Schmeisers neither gave in nor did they accept this attempted blackmail. They contested the case up to the Canadian Supreme Court, whose ruling supported Monsanto in their claim to own the gene. Thus the Schmeisers lost their breeding research, which they had built up for decades, and the varieties that they had painstakingly adapted to their local environment for years through cross-pollination, because they now contained the Monsanto-“owned” gene.
However, the court also concluded that the Schmeisers should not have to pay anything to Monsanto because they had not in any way benefited from having the seeds on their property.

read more here!


www.percyschmeiser.com



opening speech - language: english; duration: 30min


statement & discussion: "Genetische und biologische Commons unter Privatisierungsdruck: Biopiraterie, Gentechnik, Ernährungskrise und Gegenstrategien."
language: german/english; duration: 2h


panel discussion: "Reclaiming the Commons - struggles, strategies, visions"
language: english; duration: 2h

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