Wednesday, May 21, 2008

sorin paun aka noiz:less aka sunmoon







Tuesday, May 13, 2008

RANNOU




MINUS si dj ion






Perry Rhodan pics





dj black yoda

VIDEOGARGAMEL














STEREOSCOPIC 3d SPUTNIK VISUALS



















first picks WELCOME TO THE SPUTNIK SPA



procrastination
BIG APOLOGIES for the loooong wait. For those suffering from deep space sickness and gravity zero induced amnesia - The last cozzzzzzzzzzmonautica A.S.C.N.O.U. agency trip was hosted by Manuel Pelmus and Brynjar Bandlien(manymany thanks for their ideas and totally welcoming space environment). At their house, on 24.11 2007(gosh! last year) we celebrated a late-sputnik A.S.C.N.O.U. event. It was a posthumous SPUTNIK themed event inspired by a failed attempt at Ota's. Otilia came first with the idea - she told me about it at the previous cozzzmonautica at Atelier 35. Oaaaaauuu - we already have 2 editions of cozzzzmonautica in Bucharest. The next one planned for summer maybe in Zarnesti (with the help of Suzi).

co-pilots
The subtitle("WELCOME TO THE SPUTNIK SPA adding a little bit of human touch to the cold soviet outerspace winter") and the poster came by the way of Sebastian Big(*he's stationed in Baia Mare at the present GMT time). It follows a looong paleoastronautic tradition dating at least to von Däniken Chariots of the Gods and Dan Apostol's forgotten civilizations.
Great respect for the letters fittin' on the poster - for Vera Solomon(inca), last minute desperate gasp help(sort of).
We already have in Bucharest a steady stream of dependable cozzzmonauts - especially Ion Cotenescu(*Videogargamel) with his processing video, packing surfaces, architectures and interior design features and Sorin Paun(noize.less) with his warping swaths of dark ambient.
The Premiere were a duo of video art students exploring stereoscopic vision. They were still searching for a name so we tried to assess their style as "STEREOSCOPIC 3d vision". They are by no means blocked there, and they are updating and developing their video performance constantly since then. At some point everybody was showing off their green or blue & red shades! Everybody getting a little bit nauseated. They showed rotating planets, the dismantling and 3d reassembling of a Sputnik and a few other motion graphix that were pulling you down at the edges.
The music was great too. Minus and dj ion had a great re-scoring of the fan tribute to the german series of Sci-Fi schlock Perry Rhodan. The fans did an incredible collage of Perry Rhodan cover art and illustration. The style is very primitive and very effective. Sorin Paun showed me the 1 hour long video at the Atelier 35 Cozzzmo. It was perfect!!! Popular science in its tinkering glory.. Space explorers looking like truckdrivers... extraterrestrials very much unchanged since E.R. Burroughs.. and Minus with his modified gameboy music sounds!!
Rannou from Timisoara(immense pleasure to have her for the event as a sort of premiere) performing her smooth, decelerating particles, assuring pressurization just were it counts.
Dj black yoda(Sebastian Big) played a lot of outer space communication and transmission featuring a lot of archival material from the Russian space stations especially - The Internationale - sung in outer space, in Morse code by some lost Sputnik. He also provided a D.I.Y. SPUTNIK ORACLE. Of which i am gonna scan the following miracle: Giulgiul de la Baikonur (The Shroud of Baikonur) witnessing the miraculous apparition of the face of Yuri Gagarin inside the SPUTNIK ORACLE during this same night(although some tampering by co-pilot Kiki Dynamite was recorded on camera).
Thanks to Pedro Gomez Engana for his participation. Also Thanks u party animals for the final takeover Camil, Cosmiq Microbe and dj ion ;) !
Big thanks to all those who rushed in during the night at all hours and kept on calling me on the phone!!

Last minute space news: a youtube link by Victor 4d with the infamous Racheta Alba opening score(by Marius Teicu) of the show with the same name from the Romanian communist tv. A series of communist pioneers, proto-geeks and generally mischievous youngsters blowing up everything to the stars.(a playful version of the rocket race?).
Also from our astrofilatelist friend Alec Bartos from Cluj. He got a big prize for his design of the celebratory Sputnik stamp(going to post that as soon as i finish with the photos).

Thursday, November 22, 2007

sambata 24 noiembrie WELCOME TO THE SPUTNIK SPA



WELCOME TO THE SPUTNIK SPA
adding a little bit of human touch to the cold soviet outerspace winter

Adresa: str. Alexandru Donici nr 7, sector 2 (intersectia dintre maria rosetti si vasile lascar)


PROGRAM:
de la ora 19:00 pana la rasaritul celei mai apropiate stele

sounds from our sputnik in heaven:

MINUS (Constanta/Bucuresti)
NOIZE.LESS (Bucuresti)
BROTHER PEDRO (Bogota)
RANNOU (Timisoara)
BLACK YODA(Dagobah planet/system)
DJ ion(ionosfera)

visuals from our sputnik in heaven:

Perry Rhodan celebration video
STEREOSCOPIC 3d sputnik visuals (premiere)
VIDEOGARGAMEL

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Andy Sinboy and his SW toys collection



























prin telescop la luna













Adrian Sunca de la Observatorul Astronomic Bucuresti





Cote star chaser














noizeless aka sorin paun





Atelier 35 decolare











Aslenizare reusita A.S.C.N.O.U. - multimiri co-pilotilor si tuturor navigatorilor
























Dupa ce am aflat de expozitia lui noizeless la Atelier 35, si dupa ce Raluca Doroftei mi-a sugerat sa facem o sesiune de cozzzzmonautica la finisajul expozitiei, lucrurile s-au precipitat, lampile proiectoarelor s-au incins, noaptea s-a lasat asupra orasului, lampile lui suzi au inceput sa dea lumina rosie, saltele s-au umflat si primele urme de calcaturi pe izopren.
Au venit la bord multi. De chestia asta m-am bucurat cel mai mult. Cote mi-a zis la un moment dat cand l-a vazut pe Dragos 'young jedi' - "bah asta ne-a adunat pe toti :) !". Adevarat cu pilotii astia am facut multe alte calatorii spatiale in trecut prin Lipscani chiar incepand cu Urban Textures in 2003(Cote, Andy si altii). M-am bucurat mult ca a venit opphiunic(tocmai a fondat o asociatie de promovare a culturii japoneze la noi) care la 18+ a co-organizat noaptea de LAN party. Suzi ne-a ajutat foarte mult cu lampi, ceainic si multe altele. M-am bucurat cand a venit si Lia Perjovschi care a prins chiar momentul cheie cand Andy isi organiza toys-urile SW impreuna cu un copil foarte tanar fan de SW. Cote a bagat de la pult-ul lui niste proiectii mega-tari. Cateodata umpleau corpurile oamenilor de constelatii si alte ori parca erau ceva unde/particule atomice. Cel mai tare mi s-a parut atunci cand a inceput sa proiecteze direct pe lucrarile lui Sorin Paun, segmentand luna si introducand-o intr-un fel de wireframe(care imi aducea aminte de grafica aia de 'aterizare' de pe nostromo din alien 1).
Adrian Sunca de la Observatorul Astronomic a adus un telescop cu el care a fost amplasat chiar pe o strada din apropiere in Lipscani. Mi-a placut mult rigurozitatea si umorul acid cu care erau prezentate caracteristicile si relieful lunar(mai ales momentul pozelor selenare de 360 de grade). Dupa ce a fost instalat telescopul(paznicii de la nu stiu ce institutie nu ne-au lasat cu el in apropierea lor - brusc s-au speriat de scula noastra amenintoare! pentru ei). Lui Dragos young jedi pentru filmuletul obscur in spaniola despre structurile descoperite de NASA pe luna(cenzurate ;) ).
Ii multumesc lui Camil ca a intrebat insistent si a cerut explicatii clare cu privire la casetele NASA disparute intr-un mod inexplicabil. Lui Noizeless - pentru ambientul total creat in jurul nostru cu expozitia THE MOON, si pentru fata lunara pe care am zacut toata noaptea pana dimineata si pentru albumul pus la share pe Arhiva 7. Multumiri (in absentia) si lui Cristi Neagoe care si-a dorit mult o sesiune de cozzzmo la Bucuresti si m-a sustinut in directia asta.
Lui Tehas pentru snikerii imprumutati de la Ollie Gang Shop pt noaptea cozzzmonautica. Lui Dan de la Atelier 35 pentru tot ajutorul dat si lui Raluca pentru idea ei grozava si ceiurile calde raspandite in jur. In rest numai galaxii noi si sisteme planetare locuite le doresc celor care au venit pe nava: Samih, Gabi Eftimie, Adi Schiop, Kiki dynamite, Maria, Tom, Robert, Simion, Andra, Miron, Ioana, Madalina, Manuel, Brynjar, Inkamon, Between, Cristiana, Vlad, Alien Pimp, Diana etc.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Bucharest COZZZZZZZZZMONAUTICA SLEEP OVER










Nu ati avut drum spre Atelier 35 pentru a vedea THE MOON?
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COZZZZZZZZZMONAUTICA SLEEP OVER session

luni, 24 septembrie , incepand cu orele 19 si pana dimineata devreme

Veniti din timp, rezervati-va locuri, aduceti cu voi saci de dormit, izopren, perne, paturi si protectie contra frigului spatial etc., precum si alte device-uri necesare somnului profund.

Program de bord: prezentare si jucarii de colectie Star Wars (Andy Sinboy), prezentari despre mitologie si Luna (Adrian Sunca de la Observatorul Astronomic), atmosfera sonora spatiala si sleep concert (Victor Plastic, cote, noizz.less, susma), filme documentare (Cosmos, BBC Space, Space Exploration, si altele), astrofilatelie (Alec Bartos)

Ofiter de bord: Stefan Tiron aka Megatron (0728 374 007); co-pilot: Raluca Doroftei (0726 809 403); moonwalker: Sorin Paun aka noizz.less

Evenimentul are loc cu ocazia finisajului expozitiei THE MOON, semnata de Sorin Paun (ce este deschisa pana in data de 25 septembrie, inclusiv) si este organizata de Atelier 35 in colaborare cu ASCNOU (Agentia Spatiala de Calatorii Nocturne la Originile Universului) si Observatorul Astronomic http://www.astro-urseanu.ro
Free download - albumul the moon noiz:less (aka sorin paun) http://www.archive.org/details/TheMoon_980
Atelier35
Str. Selari, nr. 13, sector 3, Bucuresti.
Program : Marti - Duminica - 11.00 - 21.00

Sunday, December 24, 2006

The Voyager Golden Record Spacemass present !



Cadou + Arecibo bonus de la object_d
Voyager Golden Record (1977) contine:

salutari de pe pamant(in akadiana, sumeriana, aramaica, araba, armeana, amoy, bengali, birmaneza, cantoneza, ceha, olandeza, engleza, franceza, germana, greaca, gujarati, ebraica, hindi, hitita, maghiara, ila(lambia), indoneziana, italiana, japoneza, etc)

muzica (01 bach - brandenburg concerto no 2 in f., tchenhoukoumen (senegal), cantece aborigene pentru luceafar si pasarea diavolului, chuck berry cu johnny b goode, cantecul de intiere al fetelor la pigmei, tchakrulo din georgia, beethoven simfonia a 5a, cantec de nunta din Peru, etc)

scene de pe pamant(definitii matematice, parametrii sistemului solar, spectrul solar, anatomie umana, o nastere, un tata malaez cu copilul lui, o mama alaptand, deriva continentelor, structura pamantului, etc)

sunetele pamantului (hiena, elefant, greieri, broaste, foc, vorbire, oi la pascut, fierar, cusut, sarut mama si copil, codul morse, vapor, pasi, bataia inimii, un cimpanzeu, cal si caruta, un pulsar, etc)

Thursday, December 21, 2006

A.S.C.N.O.U. in Cluj - spaceship crew

A.S.C.N.O.U. in Cluj - Centrul Binar / Altart










A.S.C.N.O.U. in Cluj - mastino surfers surfin' the neutrinos