SwissNex Event: May 30 @ 18:30
Musicking over the network: an emerging sociocultural practice? May 30 @ 18:30.
Presentation and concert at the Swissnex Space, 730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111. Please come along and don’t forget to register for freehere. Looking forward to seeing you there.
The presentation provides an overview of recent developments in network technologies and musical practices that allow real-time and time shifted musical interactions between geographically separated users. The presentation includes a set of case studies and examines how such changes have an impact on the way music is being produced and performed.
The performance, which combines electronic and acoustic instruments is complemented by a set of spotlights that respond to the amplitude information of each instrumentalist. One spotlight is located on each player’s side. The lights get brighter as the amplitude goes up. Audiences can locate who makes a sound, and interesting shadow patterns in the room show even the most minute action. The aim of the piece is to achieve 7 points of balance in a time span of 40 minutes.
The performance also uses the Frequencyliator, a tool for networked music improvisation, which broadcasts a basic structure to the performers and splits independent performer’s signal into an attributed frequency bandwidth which randomly or purposely changes over time.
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