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Date: Saturday 21st October 2006
Time: 11am - 23:00pm
Venue: City Screen Bar
Price: Free

'Listening Eye' by Jon Wozencroft and web design by Philip Marshall

An exhibition comprising visual works by Touch label founder
Jon Wozencroft and web design by Philip Marshall

Date: Saturday 21st October 2006
Time: From dusk
Venue: Blake Street
Price: Free

Playground

A compelling new video installation by the Open Ended Group,
Playground explores the elegance and richness of children's
natural movements and the structured choreography and
social patterns they create when in play.

Supported by Dancing in the Streets, New York

With thanks to the Helmsley Group & GEM Construction

Date: Friday 20th October 2006
Time: 12:00 - 17:00
Venue: City Screen Basement
Price: Free

Artists' Platform Return:
Jonathan Green
George Eksts

Two interactive multimedia installations: Past Tense by Jonathan Green
and Symphony D-C90 by George Eksts. Both artists took part in the
Artists' Platform at last year's festival and we're delighted to invite
them back to York to show their new work.

Date: Saturday 21st October 2006
Time:10:30am - 17:00pm
Venue: Rymer Auditorium
              Music Research Centre
              University of York
Price: Seminars free
           BJNilsen performance £6/£4

Touch 25 Conference

Touch Conference programme:

10:30 - Denis Blackham: Jon Wozencroft and Mike Harding interview
sound mastering expert Denis Blackham, who presents his working
methods and talks about the technical side of sound mastering.

11:45 - Christian Fennesz discusses his working techniques and
the technology used to create his atmospheric compositions with
Jon Wozencroft.

12:30- Lunch

13:15- BJNilsen, electronics, gives a performance of his latest
audio work.

14:00- Philip Marshall discusses the web needs of an
organisation like Touch, and the artists whose websites
he designs.

15:00- Philip Jeck [UK] talks about his work.

16:00 Jon Wozencroft concludes with a seminar on marrying
sound and vision with a provocative talk on digital culture.

Date: Saturday 21st October 2006
Time:13:15am - 14:00pm
Venue: Rymer Auditorium
              Music Research Centre
              University of York
Price: £6/£4

BJNilsen

BJNilsen [SE], electronics, gives a performance of his latest audio work.

Date: Saturday 21st October 2006
Time: 19:30pm-20:30pm
Venue: National Centre for Early
              Music
Price: £10/£8 (conc)
           Combined ticket for both
           evening concerts £16, £12

Ryoji Ikeda

An exclusive audio-only performance by Ryoji Ikeda [Forma],
one of today's most radical and innovative electronic composers.
Ikeda will perform pieces from his last four releases on Touch.

Date: Saturday 21st October 2006
Time: 21:30pm-22:30pm
Venue: National Centre for Early
              Music
Price: £10/£8 (conc)
           Combined ticket for both
           evening concerts £16, £12

Biosphere

Biosphere [NO], sampler and laptop, performs extracts from his latest
album for Touch, dropsonde, and tracks from his new album of field recordings based on a recent mountaineering trip to the Himalayas.

Date: Saturday 21st October 2006
Time: 22:30pm - 02:00am
Venue: Theatre Royal Foyer Bar
Price: £6, £4

SightSonic Club - Si-cut.db, V3ctor

The regular SightSonic club/bar night returns presenting a more
informal approach to digital music and visuals. This year at an
exciting new venue - the Theatre Royal foyer - featuring the
legendary producer Douglas Benford (aka si-cut.db) and the Leeds
based collective v3ctor.