Legal Name: Patrick Doan
Also known as: Patrick Defasten, defasten, Defasten, DEFASTEN

Nationality: Canadian
Residence: Berlin, Germany

Notch designer, Motion graphics artist
Content for live playback, events, live performance
Art direction, design, live action

Patrick Doan is a Montréal-born Canadian digital artist based in Berlin, he publishes under the username ‘‘defasten’’. With a background in design, film, and architecture, he now specializes in creating dynamic real-time 3D graphics.

Working mainly in the music, digital arts, and events industry, his future-facing visual designs exist as audio reactive, generative, deconstructed geometric objects, establishing a simulated digital reality.

Patrick’s musical collaborations include works with Violent Magic Orchestra, Beardyman, SØS Gunver Ryberg, Fausto Mercier, Vladislav Delay + Max Loderbauer, Azu Tiwaline, Blush Response, Yaporigami, Peter Kirn, and more.

He has worked on high-profile world-class projects with Silent Partners Studio, Virtual Innovation Partners, Immersive London, XiteLabs, Moment Factory, EVOKE, and more.

Patrick has exhibited in over 25 countries, including online. Events include: ISE 2024 (Barcelona), Beyond Basel 2023 (Art Basel Miami), Neo Shibuya 2023 (Tokyo), The New Museum (NYC), Ars Electronica, CTM 2021 Cyberia (with Xquisite Force SFX), Transmediale, with Suguru Goto at WWW in Tokyo (2016), MIRA 2021 with Azu Tiwaline, FLARE 2022 Shanghai, BRDG Channel 22 with Yaporigami (Tokyo 2020), SIGGRAPH.

He also gave talks and workshops: Soirée XD at Journee (Berlin 2023), Touch Designer Roundtable XVIII at the Node Institute (Berlin 2022), MOUVO 2022 (Prague),  Cultural Center 3331 (Tokyo 2016).

As a member of the sonic research collective AUDINT from 2015 to 2021, they showed work at Unsound 2019, MIRA 2019, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Arebyte London, Sonar Istanbul 2017, Loop Berlin 2016, MUTEK Montréal 2015.

Patrick’s work is in the book The Age of Data by Christoph Grünberger, published on Niggli Verlag (2021), featuring works by 40 artists like Refik Anadol, Daito Manabe, Joshua Davis, Joëlle Snaith, Christopher Bauder, Quayola, Nonotak, and more. With foreword by Ian Anderson (The Designer’s Republic).

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2023

Dec 7 - 10
Beyond Basel
by Trippy Labs
Dec 7 - 10 at Factory Town, Miami
The Definitive Digital Art & Web3 Festival

Nov 9
ALTERGATE playing at REFLECTIONS
at SYSTEM, Shanghai
curated by Philipp Grefer (WISE)

Nov 1 - 5
Nordic Film Days (Lübeck, Germany)
Mirrored Madness (360 Fulldome version)
Program: VR Expanded

Mar 2
Talk at Soiree XD

Patrick Doan
https://www.defasten.com/
Hypergraphics, Pixelhunter, RealtimeShader Agent

Prof. Alexander Nemeth
Laseroptics, Additive Manufacturing, Industry 4.0+

Luca Schiefer
https://journee.live/platform/
Journee X, metaverse-as-a-service, Virtual Spaces

Cedric Kiefer
https://onformative.com/
Data driven, Generative, AI / ML, Digital Art

Thibault Marion de Procé
https://www.vyking.io/
3D, AR & Virtual Try-on, Technology for Fashion

Location:
Journee Technologies GmbH
Chausseestr. 36 / 10115 Berlin

<Soiree XD> is co-hosted by:
https://www.futurehain.com
https://hdsht.pink
https://journee.live

Jan 26
DU-BLN at Urban Spree, Berlin
part of Vorspiel, organised by CTM/Transmediale

2022

Dec 1
Artist talk at TD Roundtable XVIII hosted by the NODE Insitute, Berlin

Oct 28 - Nov 2
ENTER THE VOID 2.0
A/V set with AKIAURA
curated by VILL4IN, hosted by Ryan Celsius


Apr 8 - 9
Talk at Mouvo conference in Prague


2021

Nov 11 - 13
MIRA 2021 / Barcelona, ES
Live AV set with Azu Tiwaline


2020

Nov 20
FLARE 2020 - International New Media Art Festival (QQ page)
Shanghai, CN
flare.digitalfun.club
virtual exhibition: LSiten_XZICD under Technological Art

Nov 5
Image Play - International Video Art Festival (Facebook page)
Funchal, Madeira
screening: ALTERGATE_Zone6


Sep 23 - 25
Visiones Sonoras 16 (Mexico)
online screening: Toroid




Sep 3
Composite #24 - MAPP MTL (Montreal)
presentation: ALTERGATE_Zone6
Facebook event


Aug 29
WISE Tech Conference (Berlin, Beijing)
kinect performance: ALTERGATE_Zone5

Aug 28
WISE x Reeperbahn Festival
Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin
visual content for the band Nova Heart


Aug 5
BRDG Channel 22 / Streaming Event (Tokyo)
IDEOPHONE: Live AV with Yaporigami


July 24
DEMO Moving Image Festival
AUDINT & Anna Engelhardt: Protocols of Immanent Conflicts
work: Ghostcode


Jul 10
16th Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) Online Edition
video work: Toroid


Jun 26
Xquisite Force collaborative A/V thread project by SFX


Jun 25
YES WE CANNES ! Sizzer x Sehsucht Virtual Party (Berlin, Amsterdam)
kinect performance: ALTERGATE_Zone3


Mar 13
Decoded Sphere Live AV with Yaporigami at TEOREMA / Urban Spree, Berlin
***cancelled due to pandemic***




2019

Aug 30
live 3d visual set for Jessica Kert at Suicide Club, Berlin

Jun 8
New Syndicate with Yaporigami at ACUD, Berlin

May 24 - June 15
UNSOUND:UNDEAD with AUDINT at Arebyte, London

Mar 9
YAPORIGAMI X DEFASTEN with TEOREMA at Urban Spree, Berlin






2018

May 1 - 7
Ghostcode at the  London Scifi Festival

April 20
SCOPE PRESENTS: THE POND / DEFASTEN / BLANCA REGINA #440 at The Spektrum

March 26 - 29
Ghostcode at the Dublin Scifi Festival

February 22 - 25
Ghostcode at the Philip K Dick Science Fiction Festival in New York

February 7 - 11
Ghostcode at PAUSE Fest: Creative Tech Innovation in Melbourne

January 26 - February 3
Ghostcode at VOID International Animation Festival in Copenhagen
 


2017

December 16
Body in Zero G at Tokyo University of the Arts

November 17 - 18
Ghostcode at the Berlin Sci-Fi Fest 
Facebook event page


October 20
Nantes, FR: Électrons Libres at Stereolux
CsO Tour by Suguru Goto, including works by Lucio Arese, Antoine Schmitt, and my work Bodyjack 

June 9
Paris:  CsO Tour by Suguru Goto at le Cube
including works by Lucio Arese, Antoine Schmitt, and my work Bodyjack 

June 3
Tsukuba City, Japan: Innovation World Fest 2017 "CsO" by Suguru Goto, including the work BodyJack

March 24 - 25
Istanbul, Turkey: Sonar Istanbul, large-scale installation with AUDINT including Ghostcode

February 15
London: Hyperdub's Ø at Corsica Studios, feat. AUDINT's Delphic Panaceas + Ghostcode

2016

December 7
Tokyo, JP – augmented dance performance "Body in Zero G" by Suguru Goto at WWW in Shibuya 

November 28
Tokyo, JP –  Dommune livestream: Suguru Goto "CsO" presentation featuring BodyJack

November 4 - 6
Berlin, DE – AUDINT: A Century of Zombie Sound. At Loop Festival. Organized by Ableton

March 29
Tokyo, JP –  "Bodyjack" performance w/ Suguru Goto, Lucio Arese and Antoine Schmitt on TV show Hisomine

March 28
Kyoto, JP – "Bodyjack" performance w/ Suguru Goto, Lucio Arese and Antoine Schmitt at club METRO

March 24
Tokyo, JP – Workshop on the process of making BodyJack, at the cultural center 3331

March 23
Tokyo, JP – Artist presentation at the cultural center 3331

March 22
Tokyo, JP – "Bodyjack" video premiere w/ Suguru Goto, Lucio Arese and Antoine Schmitt at WWW


2015

May 27 - June 11
– Montreal, CA – video installation screening of Delusions of The Living Dead / DRNE Cartography as AUDINT, at Centre PHI

May 1
– London, UK – "Delusions of The Living Dead" at Late at Tate with AUDINTTate Britain

2013
– Linz, Austria – Ars Electronica: Total Recall 


2012
– Queretaro, Mexico – Cut Out International Animation Festival
– London – Contender – The Caves
– Taipei, Taiwan – On Site – Treasure Hill Artists Village
– Peja, Kosovo – Anibar International Animation Festival
– Cacak, Serbia – ANIMANIMA
– Montreal – Fantasia Film Festival
– Ottawa, CA – Governor General Award's Gala - The National Arts Centre
– Lille, FR – Art & The City: Macadam Movies - L'Hybride


2011
– Leipzig, DE – SOLO FUER LICHT - Cinémathèque Leipzig


2010
– Ottawa, CA – Electric Fields – Vague Terrain showcase - Electric Fields
– New York – Robert Knoke book + dvd release at The New Museum, hosted by Terence Koh
– Paris – Cube Festival "Retrospective" – Le Cube - www.cubefestival.com
– New York – Screening Compositions – Experimental Intermedia
– New York – Documentary Fortnight – The Museum of Modern Art
– Vancouver – Blim
– Montreal – COCOPOP – Casa del Popolo

2009
– Hanover, DE – Up and Coming IFF
– London, UK – "Urban vs Suburban" curated by D-Fuse – London Transport Museum
– Florence, IT – VISIONS – Beyond Media Architecture
– Paris, FR – SLICK Art Fair – le 104
– Valencia, ES – SONIC VISIONS - Octubre
– Montreal, CA – ELEKTRA
– Geneva, CH – Mapping Festival
– Paris, FR – Nemo Festival – Forum des Images
– Leipzig, DE – Cinematheque Leipzig

2008
– Paris – SLICK – le 104
– Paris – Maison des métallos (with Elektra)
– London – London Festival of Architecture – The British Film Institute (BFI)
– Montreal – Festival International de Film sur l'Art (FIFA)

2007
ONEDOTZERO – London + 20 cities
STILL NOT ART – New York
VAGUE-TERRAIN – Toronto, Canada
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin – Paris
INTERFILM – Berlin
ELEKTRA – Montreal
TRANSMEDIALE – Berlin
NEMO – Paris

2006
SIGGRAPH – Boston, USA
DARKLIGHT – Dublin, Ireland
VIDFEST – Vancouver, Canada
MEMEFEST – Ljubljana, Slovenia


Presentations, Publications, Interviews

2017 – PRESENTATION – A Century of Zombie Sound (with AUDINT) – Sonar Istanbul – Istanbul, Turkey
2016 – TALK – discussion on Body in Zero G with Suguru Goto – WWW – Tokyo, Japan
2016 – PRESENTATION – A Century of Zombie Sound (with AUDINT) –  Loop, Funkhaus – Berlin, Germany
2016 – TALK – Berlin Asian Film Network (BAFNET) –  Ausland – Berlin, Germany
2016 – WORKSHOP – Making BodyJack –  Arts 3331  – Tokyo, Japan
2016 – TALK – Arts 3331  – Tokyo, Japan
2015 – TALK – Scope Sessions –  Panke – Berlin, Germany

2014 – INTERVIEW – Onepointfour: Building the narrative and structure of sci-fi fantasy music video for Beat Market (link)
2011 – BOOK – DEMONSTRATING RELEVANCE: Theory, practice and imagination of socially responsive communication. 
Edited by Oliver Vodeb, Ph.D., Nikola Janović, Ph.D. (link)
2011 – WORKSHOP – Schulich School of Music – McGill University, Montreal

2010 – DVD – Black Material – New York – Robert Knoke book+dvd release
2010 – MCD magazine – issue on live a/v performance - artist interview (link) – Paris
2010 – DVD/CD – Openland – UK/CA – label Cocosolidciti (CSC-16) – audio/film release

2009 – TALK – Panel discussion on "live cinema" – Mapping Festival – Geneva, Switzerland
2009 – SOLO EXHIBIT – Strange Days – Le Cube – Sept. 2009 to Jan. 2010 – Paris
2009 – DVD – RÜTS: Meakusma dvd a/v compilation (link) – Brussels

2007-11 – MAGAZINE – 24 IMAGES: Experimental Film Showcase + DVD Compilation – Montréal
2007-02 – TALK – POLYGON ECHOES – Academy of Media Arts – Cologne, Germany
2006-08 – DVD – SIGGRAPH Video Review  – Boston, USA

 

Selected Works

2017 – ATLAS 2701 – 6:00
2017 – GHOSTCODE (AUDINT) – 8:45
2016 – BODYJACK – 18:00
2015 – DELUSIONS OF THE LIVING DEAD (AUDINT) – 22:00

2012 – CONSTELLATION – 4:30
2010 – DANDELION – 3:30 – HD
2009 – OPENLAND – 60:00 – HD PAL

2008 – VORHAUS – 4:20
2007 – STRANDS OF 1951 – 2:30
2007 – AEXEX – 4:30
2007 – FIRES, ALASKA, BUILDINGS – 1:00
2007 – BODY ECHOES – 4:00

2006 – BENEATH THE STEEL SKY – 1:00
2006 – TRANSREC – 4:25
2006 – CONCV / CONVX – 04:00 – PAL

2005 – DENSITY 1 – 3:45
2004 – THE LANDSCAPE OF – 2:30