Maintenance, Repair and Operations | Ars Electronica Festival – 2nd of September, 2010 _MRO is a is a live audio/visual performance project by Refik Anadol (formerly co-founder of GRIDUO) in collaboration with Sebastian Neitsch and TRYEK that took place in Linz’s Tabakfabrik during the opening night of Ars Electronica Festival – Frozen Music, 2010.“Frozen Music” is the title of the event that kicks off this year’s Ars Electronica Festival and also marks the official reopening of Linz’s Tabakfabrik.

This venue, a former tobacco processing plant that’s been closed since September 2009, is one of Austria’s most significant industrial landmarksCredits;GRIDUO: Refik Anadol (TR)NEITSCH: Sebastian Neitsch (DE)TRYEK: Kerim Karaoglu (TR) and Johannes Schmidt (DE)Visual Support;3D-Animation: .AGA. Andreas Jalsovec (AT)2D-Animation: Efe Mert Kaya (TR) + Ireti Olowe (US)Thanks to;Ahmet Atıf Akın, Ali Pekşen, Stefan Mittlboeck, Horst Hoertner, Manuela Naveau, Jochen Zeirzer, Yusuf Emre Kucur, YouWorkForThemFor further information;refo@refikanadol.comrefikanadol.comsebastianneitsch.detryek.dejalsovec.com