VOLKTRONICA

Starting Time: 20:00

Volkotronica is an avant-garde audiovisual [AV] performance that fuses live mix from modern and traditional music genres, analog audio input from the greek bagpipe Tsampouna that all-together trigger real-time rendered visuals of simulated Mediterranean landscapes and seascapes that have been crafted with 3D-capturing techniques such as Neural Radiance Fields [NeRF]. This AI-powered technology enables the reconstruction of real-world seascapes, landscapes, and ancient ruins into highly detailed, immersive virtual environments. The project reimagines the future “folk music” by merging current electronic music genres like Techno, Drum ‘n’ Bass with traditional Greek island folk music and live tsampouna (a traditional Greek bagpipe) performance.

70% Water
Georgios Tsampounaris is a developer and audiovisual artist and founder of 70% Water. He produces visuals and immersive experiences with digital assets sourced from Nature by hiking/diving to remote areas to 3D capture landscapes, seascapes, and ancient ruins, and with those assets he composites virtual environments. Georgios has been an active member of Futurelab at Ars Electronica with several contributions to immersive Deep Space 8K and Ars Electronica Festival, stage talks about virtual environments with NeRF in Forward Festivals Vienna-Berlin and Hike & Scan workshops in the Neuehaus Residency. In 2023, he founded the 70% Water in Vienna. Currently, Georgios is based in the triangle between Vienna, Barcelona and Naxos.