Reflecting on the state of the world and the state of being in it and in-betweens. We live in deep interconnections that many seem to have taken for granted. La Banda del Patio is a three-person collective, Minnie, Ana and Nicolo. We apply circuit bending, glitching, hardware hacking and similar techniques to create auditory and visual instruments. JALEO is our debut project presented during Alquimia, a self-organized culminating festival for the master program. This is a collection of prototypes from toys and found objects, opened up, exposed, re-valued and ready to be played.

Manifesto

<< We are living in-between as being a presence in the present: staying in between is a process of Transform-Action, a dynamic happening of alchemy. It’s oscillating across dichotomies to find rebirth, the rebirth of meaning, experiencing, feeling.

The Transform-Action itself is a process of rebirthing.

The presence in the present is a gathering space to feel safe and take care (of), where choosing and imperfections are allowed because it is ever-changing. It’s a humble and hopeful belief that this space can grow exactly here in symbiosis.

Being in-between does not mean to find a margin and choose a point on this line, but moving freely in a grey area not clearly defined. It’s not only guided by knowledge and rationality, but also by instinct, feel and sense.

The starting point to reach this grey area is material, tangible, but at the same time ready to be reconsidered through virtuality. >>