in a news nutshell zurück zum Inhalt + + + + + Vizrt Buys NewTek Vizrt, leading provider of visual storytelling tools for media content creators, has acquired NewTek, leader in IP-based, softwaredriven live video production solutions. "The combined business will be very well positioned to deliver turnkey systems that give creative power to any organization that has ambitions of producing content for any output platform," said Michael Hallén, Vizrt CEO. The company will be R&D focused with the vision of providing the software-based video technology that is the foundation of the future of the media industry. With a mission to unleash the power of storytelling through video for everyone, the combined company is committed to the creation of accessible video production tools for all markets, while ensuring a smooth transition from traditional broadband to the flexibility of IP video. Michael Hallén, current President & CEO of Vizrt, will lead the business. Dr. Andrew Cross, current President & CTO of NewTek, will assume the role as President of Research & Development of the combined company. www.vizrt.com, www.newtek.com My Talk with Florence International mediabookand DVD-release The latest film by Paul Poet is a biographical interview-based film about Florence Burnier-Bauer focusing on her intimate story. A life full of violence and abuse that she experienced within her family life, on the road and, finally, during her time she spent in the commune of the Viennese actionist artist Otto Muehl. In a big showdown, the film reveals the dark side of Otto Muehl who became known as an icon of counterculture and social experiments. The film was written and directed in 2015 by Austrian film maker Paul Poet ("Foreigners Out! Schlingensiefs Container", "Empire Me "). The DVD features the film (128 minutes) in German and English, a TV-interview (20 minutes) with Paul Poet which was produced for the Austrian TV-show "Oktoskop", a short documentary on the 2012 art exhibition of Florence by Paul-Julien Robert, excerpts from the cinema concert version, German and English trailers. The booklet comprises essays about the movie and its impact by Hollywood actress and activist Rose McGowan, Alt-Porn Icon Stoya, Marina Richter (Cineuropa, OneBillionRising), Helga Christina Pregesbauer (Wortflechte, Workshops against Rape Culture), Karin Schiefer (AFC), Paul Poet and Florence Burnier-Bauer. A special audio-track with the soundtrack by Alec Empire, created for the movie and performed at live-screenings, is included. Paul Poet was also selected as one of "The 64 most inspiring European Artists, Thinkers and Speakers of 2019" by the culture festival platform WE ARE EUROPE, a division of CREATIVE EUROPE, that includes 8 Festivals in 8 Countries, all of which Paul Poet will be visiting as guest and speaker in the upcoming three years. Additionally, the Austrian Federal Chancellery has appointed Paul Poet to act as Cultural Ambassador of the European culture funding platform CREATIVE EUROPE. WE ARE EUROPE includes the Festivals Sónar (Spain), Unsound (Poland), Elevate (Austria), c/o POP (Germany), Nuits Sonores (France), Reworks Agora (Greece), Insomnia (Norway) and Bright Collisions (Holland). His first official stop will be from May 30 to June 3 at Nuits Sonores in Lyon. https://weare-europe.eu/en/they-are-europe www.austrian-directors.com/mitglieder/poet-paul, www.linkedin.com/in/ paul-poet-753109bb/ © We are Europe Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll April 8 – October 1, 2019, at The Met Fifth Avenue The new exhibition publicly opens at The Met on April 8. A collaboration with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the show was inspired in part by Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna's 2016 book, Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Sound, Style and Revolution of the Electric Guitar. From Jimmy Page to Steve Miller, the glitterati of rock turned out for the exhibition's opening bash on April 1. The Roots shook the house with a rousing live performance as the crowd wandered awestruck through a sequence of galleries filled with a holy © The Met grail of musical instruments graced by the hands and imaginations of legendary artists spanning the entire rock era - from Chuck Berry, to all four Beatles, to instruments played by contemporary music icons like Lady Gaga and St. Vincent. The show covers the entire span of rock history - Ringo Starr's Ludwig drum kit from the Ed Sullivan Show, Bob Dylan's Newport Strat, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock Strat, Prince's Superbowl 2007 symbol guitar and full stage rigs from icons including Jimmy Page and Edward Van Halen. Jayson Kerr Dobney, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, collaborated on the show with the Rock Hall's Curator and Director of Acquisition Craig Inciardi. In his research for the show, Dobney found inspiration in Tolinski and di Perna's book. Dobney said, "I owe a debt of gratitude to both Play it Loud authors. The book was an inspiration not only in terms of the show's title, but also in terms of some of the conceptual ideas that we ended up adopting." "What we have with the Play It Loud exhibition is the largest concentration of mojo between four walls that the world has ever seen," commented co-author di Perna. "When Alan and I wrote Play It Loud, the idea was to celebrate the profound cultural significance of the electric guitar. This wonderful exhibition is a triumphant validation of the importance of the instrument and how it has touched the lives of millions," adds co-author Tolinski. First published in 2016, Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Sound, Style and Revolution of the Electric Guitar has been called a "fascinating, elegantly written, page turning account," by best selling author Jonathan Kellerman and "a marvelous survey of how the electric guitar rocked its way into the hearts and minds of millions of music lovers" by historian Douglas Brinkley. "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice," raved Daniel Levitin in The Wall Street Journal. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will offer the book for sale during the exhibit. Find out more about the Play It Loud book at playitloudbook.com. In conjunction with the exhibition, The Met will offer a variety of programs, including a "Conversations with . . ." evening featuring art historian and educator Emmanuel von Schack presented in American Sign Language on May 17; a MetFridays evening celebrating rock and roll with performances, talks, lectures, screenings, and workshops on September 13, and a specially themed Heart Strings Family Afternoon on May 12. www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/play-itloud MEDIA BIZ
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