Alternative Party is coming again. We are introducing a Space theme for the event. So dig out your Spock Ears and Laser Guns cos we are going to Rock The Cosmos on 22-24 October at The Cable Factory, Helsinki! Spread the word like wildfire!
Alternative Party 2009 reportage by "zuulkuul" at YouTube. Thanks for sharing this! You can still add your pictures to our web 2.0 page.
Here are the results for all of the compos. Great amount of entries with a lot of variety this year. Congratulations to all the winners!
This years event is now over. Alternative Party wants to thank all the visitors, speakers, artists, sceners, exhibitors, sponsors, partners and ALL of you for a warm and lovely event we got.
Please tell to us what was great about AltParty and what was not. You can do it with our feedback form. Your opion is really important to us. Let's make next year party even better!
Listen to 103,1 MHz from Friday 17 to Sunday 16. 48 hours of pure demoscene content with live coverages, interviews and great music! In co-operation with Scenesat and Radio Hami. Available in Ruoholahti, Lauttasaari and Downtown Helsinki.
First photos from Alt Party has been published! Our photographers have been busy little bees capturing atmosphere at Kaapeli. You can find their photos on Gallery.
If you take photos at Alt Party, you can upload them to Flickr with tag altparty:event=2009 so they will appear at our Web 2.0 page. Also you can send photos from your mobile with email or MMS to our visitors' photos page.
In twitter you can tag your tweets with hashtag #altparty so they will appear also our web site.
Have you noticed our mobile schedule? This should help you to navigate trought the event http://m.altparty.org Schedule gets also real time corrections etc. when ever it is possible.
Welcome to Alternative Party 2009. Advance ticket sales has ended. Tickets available at the door. See you soon!!!
We arrange totally free warmup club today so wellcome and bring your friends as well!
Remember to buy your advance ticket today before the day changes. Andvance ticket sales ends and event starts tomorrow!
Maria Candia and Kim Viljanen are at YLE Radio Vega talking about Alternative Party on Thursday at 18. The radio show is in Swedish.
The prize list has been updated. We have some super cool new prizes, such as two Nokia N900 devices. You have still time to participate in the competitions. May the best win!
Alternative Party special at M2HZ community tv. This programme is made of Steampunky Alternative Party 2008. Programme also at DINA cable channel today at 19 and Sunday at 17. Site will have some more material during / after the event.
The opening ceremony of Alternative Party 2009 will consist of music and vj show by MK10/FTHR Productions: music by Tuomas Munck and VJing by Mr. Jädertpolm with some pre words to wellcome all by the founder organisers Setok and Ravel.
Read the Sektori interview [In Finnish] to hear the ideas and feelings of Setok and Digikim. Are we still underground, who decides the musical artists, is this the end and can Setok predict the future?
Buy your ticket now! Advance ticket sales of Netrunner and Edgerunner tickets available until Thursday 22nd October. Bank transfer payment option ends on Monday 19th October. Details on other ticket types here.
First test prints of this years ALT T-shirt have been printed.
Remember to participate the big pro ALT competition and win a dinner!
Setok from Alternative Party will visit at "Dark Side" hosted by Proteus 14th October. Listen the show with ALT attitude and chat of music shows from web or FM radio (102.8 MHz in Helsinki).
Have an intresting place in mind? Got nothing to do for the evening? Go to glue a poster there and win a luxurious three course dinner with special guest of your choise. Read more!
Tietokoneet, digikulttuuri ja elektroniikka yhdistävät sukupolvia vaarista vauvaan. Alternative Partyt järjestää tämän kunniaksi Perhepäivän sunnuntaina 25.10. Näytteillä mm. Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari, MSX, UNIX ja muita koneita. Lisäksi taidetta, supertietokoneita, robotteja, tietokonepajaa, kyberlemmikkejä, Pikku Kakkosta ja paljon muuta.
Brain Pool is a place where you can present your idea, art or anything in a 30 minutes long session. The collection of brains will process your input and help you refining whatever you are doing! Read more.
The documentary produced by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE will be planned at Alternative Party on Saturday 24th October at 14 in a workshop open for everybody. Please participate to ensure that all the right demos, people and stories gets into the document! More details will be announced later.
This year's MSX table at ALT is going to be wilder than before. There will be plenty of MSX hardware to show and for example "Man meets machine" theme compatible interactive multimedia installation with MSX controlled robot & camera including video projection.
As a meeting place of different aspects of culture, be it digital or analogue, we also bring noteworthy artists to carry you through the night. Dope Stars Inc, Byproduct, 64mula, Tero and many more!
The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE awards 1500 € for the best demo or other type of entry in the YLE Material Challenge. Show your skills and make a broadcasting revolution!
Alternative Party 2009 will have 3 different stages full of intellectual, artistic and entertaining shows: Main stage with great effects, cosy cafe stage and cyberpunk bar at the Nebula Club stage.
Live music performances: 80's game music adapted to electronic dance music by Microkorgs. Contemporary electronic music by Byproduct. 303 acid techno sounds by Healium. C64 sounds by 64Mula. Trio DStruction playing only with Nintendo DS and Korg DS-10.
This year it is possible to watch the demo competitions from the Nebula club's own screen and PA!
The bar offers you with a complete sortiment of beverages such as beer, cider, wines, stronger stuff and non-alcoholic beverages. Remember also to taste the Alternative Party signature drink and other specialities.
During daytime, lunches are available such as soups, salads and the Hima & Sali's famous woks.
Themed Video Competition is a short film competition, with a mandatory theme. Make your own short film concerning the theme Alternative future, finalise it before the party or at the party and present it to all by participating in the competition!
Alternative Party 2009 Exhibition will contain a lot of art and technology. Visual artist Glittermouse, 3D Theater with content and supercomputer Cray CX1 which you can even use yourself by attending the Supercomputer Competition.
A three course dinner will be served on Friday 23rd October at 18 - right before the opening show at 20. Begin your party weekend with your friends and the special guests!
DSI interviewed about their new album and show in Altparty at Stalkermusic site. Text is in Finnish.
You won't be walking around hungry or thirsty at Alternative Party. Food is available 24h a day.
There will be Nebula Club - a bar to provide you a place to sip a pint while watching compos from the screen. Bar is also full of it's own programme.
We are very happy to announce that cosy and lovely Cafe Soihtu will serve you at party area this year as before.
More Competitions published. One of this years specialities will be 3D-Theater Compo.
Don't forget to dress up for Costume Competition and make your best productions for Dynamic Demo, Retro Graphics or for Cray CX1.
Alternative Demo Competition will have a prizes of at least 3000 euros, in cash.
Schedule version 1.0 is now out. Main changes are that there will be still a lot of additions. The main themes are: musicshows on Friday, compos on Saturday and workshops for Sunday.
Remember to buy your tickets for Early Bird price. Prices go up 1.9.2009
You Tube playlist of Demowall demos, and list of demos at Pouet.
See also interviews of Nosfe at Iltasanomat and Grendel at M2HZ community tv.
Metro Magazine 21.8.2009 tells you where to be tonight. See the first tip of the last page (36). ( In Finnish)
Altparty and CSC in collaboration with Cray Inc. are proud to announce the unique Supercomputer Competition! What extra would YOU be able to do with this extra CPU or/and Graphic card?
All the participants will get change to attend a special tour to see the most powerful computer in Finland, a Cray XT4/XT5 system called Louhi at CSC. You will also have the opportunity to try the code and store your datasets on the supercomputer before the party!
This friday night, 21.8. you sould be in the Helsinki center and see the ALT Demo Wall. Demos will be beamed on the wall of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
The unique show will consist of the most influential and best demos from different periods of time, for different platforms and from demo groups around the world.
From 1980's crack intros to modern days PC demos.
At Technology and Art Exhibition we'll see Multimedia Drawing Installation by Glittermouse and NE7.
Glittermouse is a visual artist who works across a range of different disciplines but is especially interested in the relationships between humans and environment and in questioning the boundaries between new and traditional media.
NE7 has been a musician in the demoscene since the mid 90's and is an active member of triad, scoopex, rebels and napalm.
The Installation will develope trought the event from Friday to be accomblished on Sunday. See examble of Glittermouse’s multimedia drawing installation.
Deadline for submitting your work to the art and technology exhibition at the Alternative Party 2009 is open untill 16th August 2009. Submit your art, technology and workshops now!
3 more days to attend "Which one is your favourite AltParty ticket name" competiton. You may win ALT 2009 T-shirt or ticket to the event. Competition closes 14.8.2009. Give your best answers and stories to be the winner.
Video by Alt community and Modulator published at You Tube.
When the Sun sets and the darkness begins, the biggest demoscene show ever will fill the city with audio and light. During the night of Art (Friday 21st of August), demos will be beamed on the house of Kiasma in the middle of Helsinki, with tens of thousands of people watching. The unique show will consist of the most influential and best demos from different periods of time, for different platforms and from demo groups around the world.
Witness it yourself. First time ever. Free of charge. Be there!
ALT Demowall outside Kiasma (Mannerheiminaukio 1, Helsinki).
Friday 21st of August 2009 at 21.00-01.30.
www.demowall.org
Take part of "Which one is your favourite AltParty ticket name" competiton and win ALT 2009 T-shirt or ticket to the event. Competition closes 14.8.2009. We already have some glorious answers but why not give yours.
You'll find Alt Zone, Cyberpunk seminar, the prize for most alternative demo and lot more in Assembly by ALT.
Welcome to the Alternative Party association member sauna event on Friday, 24th of July. If you are not an ALT member, you can join now! ALTernize your future! Read more!
Which one is your favourite AltParty ticket name: Arasaka corporate, Alt Cunningham, Edgerunner's or Netrunner's ticket? Answer now and win
The Alternative Party Cyberpunk Dinner with suitable wines and program is served on Friday 23rd of October at 18. Check the menu and join the dinner with our international special guests. A great way to begin your weekend filled with digital enjoyment day and night!
Is your mega corporation ready for the 21st Century? To combine work and fun, join the World's First Seminar on Cyberpunk in Business combined with a superb dinner, business networking opportunities, corporate VIP services and more!
Last year's ALT seminar in Assembly event got so warm welcome that we have decided to continue the tradition. Adding to this year's strong league of female guests we present lovely and brilliant sci-fi writer Maria Candia as the seminar speaker. This year's ALT seminar will naturally be about cyberpunk. The topic is "Revisiting the Cyborg Manifesto". Check more from Assembly's site.
Buy your tickets now. Early bird prices available before 1st of September so act soon and get the best prices! Choose whole experience, plain and cheaper entrance ticket or why not join us for a luxurious dinner.
One of our two great special guests this year, Jeri Ellsworth is interviewd here and this tells a lot for all of you who allready know some things of her or yet know nothing.
The Italian Dope Stars Inc. will play on Friday night 23rd October. They are actually breaking from their European tour just to give a show at our event! More musical guests confirmed soon.
The deadline for all contributions for the [ALT] magazine is on Sunday, 24th of May! There is still time for you to send in your contributions and even create something completely new.
The theme of this year's mag is the same as the party theme, cyberpunk.
Demoscene Seminar 2009 will be held in Cable Factory so it will be easier to attend the seminar during the party. More info later.
Sophie Wilson, a pioneer of the 8-bit computing era and also an engineer of the ARM architecture, has promised to bring an original Acorn System One prototype with her
Alternative Party 2009 demo competitions are now published. Take a look and create your own productions. For Alternative Demo Compo we have a prize of 3000 euros, in cash. More prizes coming.
[ALT] Magazine deadline has been extended. The new deadline is Sunday, May 24th 2009. For more information, please check the call for contributions.
A teaser video called 'Man Meets Machine' was released at Breakpoint'09 to promote Alt Party 2009. The video was shown a couple of times on the main screen. See the video here.
Jyrki Kasvi wore ALT t-shirt in Finnish parlament, Pirre makes analyse of what is Cyberpunk, Visy tells the secrets of demo making and more.
Are you interested in visibility and other business opportunities? Check the Business pages and order the brochure!
The Alternative Party 2009 is celebrating this meshing of electronics, genetics and humans, and to open the future of our species and our identity to debate. After all, we want to become a cybernoid.
