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Vibeke Sorensen's Visual Music Installation | Beyond 3D Festival ZKMKarlsruhe

Vibeke Sorensen's Visual Music Installation, Illuminations is being presented as part of the ART section of the 3-D Festival Beyond at Karlsruhe, Germany from 03 October to 06 October, 2013.

The installation was also held at the International Visual Music Symposium of the Center for Asian Art & Design, (CAAD) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, October 12 - 14, 2012.  I attended the installation in Singapore, and it quite stunning.  The screens are presented at angles in a darkened room and the imagery is luminous and colourful.  The interaction between the imagery on each screen is analagous to a visual music.

Illuminations Installation Description on the Festival Website

"ILLUMINATIONS is a real-time computer generated visual music installation that employs 12 6 x 8 foot screens, 12 computers and projectors, a multichannel sound system, and a large mirror. A stereoscopic version of this piece requires 3D projectors. The music, animation, installation, and Pure Data programming are by Vibeke Sorensen. Photographs are of the installation at the School of Art, Design & Media, Dance Room during the International Visual Music Symposium of the Center for Asian Art & Design, (CAAD) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, October 12 - 14, 2012. Thanks to Mr. Ong Kee Sing and Mr. Nagaraju Thumannapalli for their assistance."
http://www.beyond-festival.com/en/art/installation

Youtube
An installation view with visitors on youtube




More information 
Vibeke Sorenson
http://vibeke.info/
http://visualmusic.org/Biography/Index.html
http://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=VSORENSEN

Beyond 3-D Festival, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2013
http://www.beyond-festival.com/en/about/3d-allianz/zentrum-f%C3%BCr-kunst-und-medientechnologie-karlsruhe




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