May 17 — Instagram post 4:5

NUMAcircuit is an annual festival in the Canary Islands, dedicated to artistic experimentation and the exploration of avant-garde forms of creation. Established in 2008, the festival has become a prominent platform for contemporary artists, fostering collaboration and dialogue across multiple disciplines such as music, visual arts, and performance. NUMAcircuit not only offers a diverse program of concerts, installations, and performances but also includes workshops and artist residencies aimed at promoting innovative approaches to art. With a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary interaction, it serves as a meeting point for artists and audiences interested in cutting-edge artistic expression. The 2024 edition marks the 16th anniversary of the festival, which continues to play a key role in energizing the local and national avant-garde art scene, particularly through collaborations with spaces like the Auditorio de Tenerife and TEA (Tenerife Espacio de las Artes).

The visual identity of NUMAcircuit over the last ten years has embraced a blend of minimalist yet futuristic aesthetics, often reflecting the festival’s focus on the intersection of sound, technology, and avant-garde digital art. The graphic design leans heavily on abstract shapes, glitch art, and bold typography, which aligns with its experimental nature. Many of the festival’s posters and digital visuals feature CGI artworks combined with dynamic, flowing elements, often incorporating dark or neutral backgrounds with vibrant accent colors that echo the electronic and immersive music performances.

This visual style takes cues from contemporary digital art, particularly art forms like IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), AI image generation, and glitch, where fragmented visuals mirror the festival’s exploration of real-time sound creation and coding as art. For instance, the use of audioreactive visuals, where the design directly interacts with music, is a key feature of its graphic output.

Additionally, the festival draws inspiration from live coding performances, where code displayed in real-time is projected as part of the visual spectacle. These performances blur the line between visuals and programming, with projections that evolve in sync with the music.

NUMAcircuit 2024 main poster

NUMAcircuit 2024 XL Display

NUMAcircuit 2024 XL Display

May 22–24 — Instagram post 4:5

May 18, Stian Westerhus & Erland Dahlen — Instagram post 4:5

Davida has already been featured in my contributions thrice in connection with personalities born on 29th January – twice for Valérie Čižmárová (for her Supraphon ‎singles and the “Za sluncem, za vodou” sleeve) and once for Salena Jones (for the album cover of Zlatniyat Orfey). This can now be done in the case of another celebrity who shares that birthday, the DJ Tony Blackburn, who is turning eighty on this day.

This two-page spread (pp. 30/31), entitled “The business of being Blackburn” appeared in the Daily Mirror Book for Girls 1972, published by the Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited in 1971 and printed by Litografia A. Romero S.A., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, with photographs by Sue Denym. Davida is set in pink on a purple background, which seems typical of its age. The body text in sky blue is set in Univers.

Combined catalogue for two Arnold Haukeland exhibitions.

An early showing of Monokrom’s upcoming Telefon Light & Italic in Lars Petter Amundsen’s catalogue for the Figurados, Figuraciones, Figurantes exhibition (English: “Figured Figurations Figuring”).

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