ULTRAVIRUS is a content aggregator, net.label, curator & exhibitor, host and parasite, edu-tainer, divinator, facilitator, surfer, scholar.
Since its inception in the mind of Ella Parkes-Talbot in 2018 ULTRAVIRUS has expanded from theory & events into releasing music through a net.label, and now wearables through a fashion label.
2018_ULTRAVIRUS hosted its first event, SYNTHESISING THE REAL, a Day‘n’Nite XXXperience with a symposium program of edutainment, followed by an audiovisual warehouse rave. We hosted performance/lectures from LaTurbo Avedon, Virginia Barratt (VNS Matrix), Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow Meow, Stephen Loo, Dr Jaime Tsai and Elena Knox, and exhibited work by artists Serwah Attafuah, Jesse Mullins, larpiebabyomg, th0tweil3r, don_elektrq, ideath_, rouxcoucou, archietaylor & flufflord. After nightfall Ondine Manfrin gave a life ASMR performance, and DJs and VJs collaborated live, featuring DJ Scorpion, Claudia Brand, ged, nicha, horse macgyver, mpeg.fauna and \t+. Isabella Sanasi created an installation space.
SYNTHESISING THE REAL was ULTRAVIRUS’ AFK* debut, onto Gadigal land in Eora (Sydney). Since then it has hosted a club night at Sideway on Ngunnawal country in Canberra, featuring performances from Big Data, crack_lips, Genie and Thick Owens.
2019_ ULTRAVIRUS expanded into the netsphere with the establishment of a music net.label, curated and managed by Thorsten Hertog [Thick Owens]. It has released three V/A compilations to date. ༒•fetid in wingdings•༒, plunderzone™ and, most recently siq~1, spanning avant-gabber, Soundclown mash-ups, glitch and psytrance.
2020_ ULTRAVIRUS presented dr33mphaz3r.net, a MMORPG (emphasis on the MASSIVE) / virtual doof / temple to the continuum of trance. dr33mphaz3r created 4 immersive 3D spaces to experience over 40 hours of trance created by 33 artists, and contained a hidden psy_llabus integrated within the virtual environment. It is still accessible online at dr33mphaz3r.net
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*AFK = away from keyboard