Watch. Listen. Play

Keen to listen to the percussionlike rhythms of the wooden daxophone or check out how video games work as art Drop by EyeMyth a threeday media arts festival organised by the Delhibased UnBox festival a venture by the multidisciplinary consultancy QuicksandAfter its debut in Mumbai in 2013 the second edition will feature a collection of music performances art installations and film screenings at multiple venues starting Friday Besides showcasing homegrown projects like The Busride Studiorsquos The Bandra Dollhouse Project and a retrospective on Indian animation the organisers have collaborated with Japan Media Arts Festival to bring to Mumbai selected works that featured at the festrsquos 2014 editionldquoWe have been in conversation with the Japan Media Arts festival for over two years The conversations opened up exciting new possibilities in sharing cuttingedge work in the new media performance and digital arts in IndiaJapan is leading the way in terms of creating new experimental work that is pushing boundaries and we wanted to bring some of this work and artists to Indiardquo says the festival curator Avinash Kumar Herersquos what to catch at the experimental festivalWalk through installationsA South Indian home milieu for Antariksha Sanchar adventure video gamegtgt Are videogames art Check out an exhibition of video game artworks presented by Quicksand GamesLab You can also get your hands on the gaming consoles and play demos of locallydeveloped content curated by Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology Bangalore ldquoVideo games have traditionally been confined to large companies within the entertainment industry but there are independent designers and gamers attempting to buck this trend via new games that explore new mediums formats and stories These attempts are also blurring the lines between video games and artrdquo shares KumarForest of Daxophone installationgtgt Forest of Daxophone A wooden musical instrument invented by late German musician Hans Reichel daxophone includes a percussionlike rhythm and produces a variety of musicKazuhisa Uchihashi with the daxophone tongueIn the sound installation Kazuhisa Uchihashi the only daxophonist in Japan and Reichelrsquos close friend creates a performance with the instrument and multitrack composition replayed through 17channel multispeakers You can also watch the artiste perform with the instrument on February 20 10 pm to 11 pm Edward Cinemagtgt Handiii Itrsquos a myoelectric uses faint electrical signals in the muscles prosthetic hand designed by Genta Kondo Konishi Tetsuya and Yamaura Hiroshi One can choose the look of the arm to match the environment in which it is being used or the feelings of the user just like a watch or a pair of sneakersFrom February 19 to 21 At Sitara Studio National Engineering Compound Garage Lane Kakasaheb Gadgil Marg Lower ParelLena and Neon of GalcidDance to synth soundGalcid a twomember analogue synthesiser unit and producer Hisashi Saito will get the crowds grooving at a live improvisation act to the No Preset No PC theme They will create unique sounds using analogue and modular synthesisersOn February 20 11 pm to 12 midnight At Edward Cinema 514 near Metro Adlabs Tak Wadi KalbadeviThe Mute a single sequence video by Israeli filmmaker Hilla Ben AriWatch international shortsFrom a film that portrays a sick youth as a juggler to another in which time stands still 14 experimental shorts by international filmmakers are up for a watch The films were part of the jury selection at the Japan Media Arts Festival 2014On February 20 530 pm to 7 pm At Edward Cinema For the full scheduleLog on to eyemythunboxfestivalcom