[ISEA2010] Curator Statement: i8u et al — Club night: Audiovisual Pilots

Curator Statement

  1. Ei Wada presents his performance “Braun Tube Jazz Band” at the beginning of the club night.
  2. i8u  (qc/ca)                                                                                                                                          i8u’s audio art can be qualified as soundsculpture. It reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where analogue and digital meet. She performs a set with humming drones enhanced by virtually inaudible acute frequencies.
  3. Halldór Úlfarsson (is) — Eyes are Speaking
    Eyes are Speaking A pair of light-sensitive glasses and light bulbs mounted on microphone stands are features of this performance. The tinted lenses react to the brightness of the bulbs, which are in turn influenced by the sound. Experience Halldór Úlfarsson’s instrument, the halldoro­ phone, played by Hildur Guðnadóttir in concert on Tuesday, Halldór Úlfarsson will also speak about his instrument at the panel “Building Musical Instruments”.
  4. evala (jp)
    The cutting-edge sound of evala is characterised by crystalline clarity and digital precision without ever losing sight of danceability.                                                                    Supported by the Japan Foundation
  5. Paul Prudence (gb) — ryNTH
    “ryNTH” uses live sound analysis to generate synthaesthetic geometric forms with real-time deformations and modulations. The resulting morphing geometries pay homage to anti-gravity mechanics and the ancient concept of ‘The Music of the Spheres’.
  6. Monolake Live Surround (de/nl)
    Music as a great abstract machine: metallic sounds, heavy bass, shimmering particles of dust. And with it a world of abstract lines; virtual rooms, skimmed through in real time. Pilots: Robert Henke (Sound) & Tarik Barri (Visuals).

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