This is just a belated advertisment for the Mead Gallery's Double Agent exhibit, a multimedia installation which combines sculpture, video art, film, audience participation and (if you show up on a Saturday) includes artist Donelle Woolford creating original works live in the gallery.
The link above goes to the official rubric (which is pretty basic) but it's an interesting installation, especially if you're considering looking at ideas of performance and performativity.
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
DJ Yoda (Again)
Just in response to Deans post.
I dont think this is taken from Dj Yodas current tour "Magic cinema show", But its a clearer illustration of his interaction between video and sound. He plays along side the famous 'dualing banjo' scene from deliverance, manipulating a prerecorded performance in real-time.
Zac
DJ YODA... VJ/DJ SET
Just thought that this was an interesting clip to show you all. It also links quite nicely with the powerpoint presentation that I was a part of...
I went to see DJ Yoda in Oxford a couple of weeks ago and he has apparently been working with a technology company in order to develop an exciting, new 'video-jockey' programme. His tour is called 'THE MAGIC CINEMA SHOW' and he effectively controls both video and music in order to create a... magical cinema if you like haha!
It was an amazing experience to go and see this live and I am considering going to see it again. Just thought I'd add it to the blog for people to have a look at.
I went to see DJ Yoda in Oxford a couple of weeks ago and he has apparently been working with a technology company in order to develop an exciting, new 'video-jockey' programme. His tour is called 'THE MAGIC CINEMA SHOW' and he effectively controls both video and music in order to create a... magical cinema if you like haha!
It was an amazing experience to go and see this live and I am considering going to see it again. Just thought I'd add it to the blog for people to have a look at.
Friday, 2 May 2008
The Girl with X-ray Eyes
The Girl with X-ray Eyes
Phillip Warnell's new film is being premiered in a
special event at Warwick Arts Centre on Thursday 8th May at 6pm
Phillip Warnell's new film is being premiered in a
special event at Warwick Arts Centre on Thursday 8th May at 6pm
This is going to be a very unsual event that incorporates music, media and performance. As well as the film there will be a live theremin accompaniment (non-contact intrument often used in science fiction movies, and now very popular with musicians). Also, Steven Connor (Birkbeck) will speak on the popular fantasy of acquiring x-ray vision, and the Werner Herzog short documentary 'Bells from the Deep' will be screened (a rare screening on film).
Following the event (which starts at 6) there will be a reception in the Mead Gallery to launch the book 'The Girl with X-ray Eyes'.
admission for students is only £2.50 - but you need to book your ticket through the Arts Centre box office
Hope to see some of you there....
Hope to see some of you there....
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Genki Rockets
Hi all,
Just discovered a band called 'Genki Rockets' who claim to be totally virtual. Their lead vocalist is represented through a hologram of what is apparently a completely computer generated image. She is a fictional character who was apparently born in space, has never seen the Earth and is singing to us from the year 2037.
I know this is very similar to Gorillaz, but what's interesting about Genki Rockets is that they are run under a veil of supposed total anonymity concerning the artists behind the fictional character. The Gorillaz on the other hand are well known to be the lovechildren of Damon Albarn (of Blur fame) and Jamie Hewlett (illustrator of 'Tank Girl').
By not only hiding their physical forms but also their identity in performance, the performers remove any doubling effect between their actual selves and the representation. This arguably makes their fictitious, computer generated space girl Lumi 'real' and creates a totally virtual performance that can be seen as live because Lumi is the only facet of the band known to the public. There is simply no other element to her existence that could be noticed outside of her hologramatic appearance, and for that reason a video image of her is as live as a flesh and blood appearance, because these things in this context are the same.
This virtuality is reflected in their music, which is also highly computer augmented and synthesised. It's that sort of twee electro pop sound.
Anyway, linkage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genki_Rockets
www.genkirockets.com
and one of their videos:
Just discovered a band called 'Genki Rockets' who claim to be totally virtual. Their lead vocalist is represented through a hologram of what is apparently a completely computer generated image. She is a fictional character who was apparently born in space, has never seen the Earth and is singing to us from the year 2037.
I know this is very similar to Gorillaz, but what's interesting about Genki Rockets is that they are run under a veil of supposed total anonymity concerning the artists behind the fictional character. The Gorillaz on the other hand are well known to be the lovechildren of Damon Albarn (of Blur fame) and Jamie Hewlett (illustrator of 'Tank Girl').
By not only hiding their physical forms but also their identity in performance, the performers remove any doubling effect between their actual selves and the representation. This arguably makes their fictitious, computer generated space girl Lumi 'real' and creates a totally virtual performance that can be seen as live because Lumi is the only facet of the band known to the public. There is simply no other element to her existence that could be noticed outside of her hologramatic appearance, and for that reason a video image of her is as live as a flesh and blood appearance, because these things in this context are the same.
This virtuality is reflected in their music, which is also highly computer augmented and synthesised. It's that sort of twee electro pop sound.
Anyway, linkage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genki_Rockets
www.genkirockets.com
and one of their videos:
Monday, 24 March 2008
A definition of granular synthesis
Here is a definition of granular synthesis in relation to what Ellie and myself were speaking about in our presentation , in relation to Laurie Anderson's Tape bow violin.
granular synthesis is the technique of breaking sound into tiny segments, called grains, and then playing them back in different ways. The computer rearranges the sound fragments into continuous strings or random clusters which are played back in overlapping sequences to create new textures. The grains are very short, a few hundredths of a second. Granular synthesis can sound smooth or choppy depending on the size of the grain and the rate at which they’re played. The grains are like film frames. If you slow them down enough you begin to hear them separately."
granular synthesis is the technique of breaking sound into tiny segments, called grains, and then playing them back in different ways. The computer rearranges the sound fragments into continuous strings or random clusters which are played back in overlapping sequences to create new textures. The grains are very short, a few hundredths of a second. Granular synthesis can sound smooth or choppy depending on the size of the grain and the rate at which they’re played. The grains are like film frames. If you slow them down enough you begin to hear them separately."
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Bill Viola's Tristan und Isolde
This link sends you to the sound clip on Tristan und Isolde, that I wanted to play as part of the presentation. The whole interview is useful, but even the first 41 seconds (which is what I was going to use) give a fairly concise overview of the project. I'm sorry that it wasn't part of the presentation originally - I think they have been updating the site and chose today to shut down the links..!
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