Sperm Festival is back!
After a year off, Sperm Festival, the contemporary art, music and visual culture event, is back. From Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Prague's unique MeetFactory you'll have a chance to see, hear and experience several dozens of music performances, audiovisual projects, screenings, workshops and lectures. The nerd electro king Dan Deacon will spawn his now legendary one-man show, indie-pop Why? will return to Prague with their new album, other headliners include well-regarded tech-house producer Pantha du Prince or the audiovisual/architecture project SPAM - Karel Gott Prager by Vladimír 518, Ondřej Anděra and David Vrbík. Also in the line-up: Brooklyn's experimental duo High Places, new music score to the silent film Orlacs Hands by Floex & Líba, dubstep star Boxcutter will guide you throuh the dark side of the contemporary dance scene along with active local bass-oriented Owntempo label. Film section curated by Bio Oko will offer the All Tomorrow Parties film projection or music films by French cinematographer Vincent Moon (La Blogotheque / The Take-Away Shows and others). The line-up is still not complete, we'll be adding new names every day now!
News
Reports and photos – 05.03.2010
A little delayed but better now than never ...
- Musicserver report Friday, Saturday, Sunday, photos Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- Poslouchej.net report
- Techno.cz report + photos
- Rave.cz report
- Vice CS Blog fphotos Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- Radio Wave photos Saturday a Sunday
Lectures by Cristian Vogel and Michal Cáb – 04.25.2010
On Sunday afternoon starting at 5pm, Cristian Vogel (who gave an amazing a/v-set on Friday night) will talk about his music and use of software and Michal Cáb will discuss the boundaries of Pure Data. Free entry!
Festival Passes back on sale ... – 04.23.2010
Due to popular demand, festival passes are back on sale until tomorrow. Get them at Ticketpro, Ticketportal or Ticketstream.
Master Class with Dan Deacon on Saturday! – 04.23.2010
On Saturday starting at 2pm, Dan will give a "Master Class" about his music, Wham City, nerds etc. If you want to come and ask Dan some questions, it's free but please RSVP to web@sperm.cz. The address is American Centre, Tržiště 13, Prague 1. See you there!
The fun starts tomorrow, no program changes! – 04.22.2010
So we're opening the festival tomorrow at 8pm with the All Tomorrow's Parties film screening. The rest of the line-up remains untouched, despite the still horrible travel situation in Europe. All artists will arrive as planned. See you in MeetFactory!