Visual Music

A most interesting and exciting project conceived by Luca De Rosso. AVO is a audiovisual performance work that explores live human-computer collaboration. It is a project that is at its early stages but it has already been documented immacutely by De Rosso. He is also very generously providing his software as open source for anyone who would like to also try it for their own audiovisual work. De Rosso is open to bookings for the performance of this work, which you can make an enquiry about online via a form on his website. Documentation of AVO - Luca De Rosso AV0 is an exploration on human-computer collaboration in the audio visual field, dedicated to those believing in computers as partners in the creative flow. "In the computer-aided creative process, whethe…

Urban Projections performs at Splice Festival - the UK’s only dedicated audiovisual performing arts festival which runs from 26-28 May 2017. http://www.splicefestival.com/ Rebecca Smith (aka Urban Projections) is creating some fabulous work for various settings, and the work is full of creativity, innovation and ingenuity and really worth checking out further and if you are in London do go see her performance at the Splice Festival. Rebecca kindly took time out of her preparations for her performance at the forthcoming Splice Festival to answer a few questions about her work and forthcoming performance. I am very happy that she answered some questions and for me to now present her answers to the readers of this visual music blog and to get the opportunity for Rebec…

The worldwide talented and creative audio visual performing artists and musicians of our times are presenting to audiiences in London from 26-28 May 2017 for the SPlCE FESTIVAL SPLICE is in its second year and is the only festival for AudioVisual (AV) arts in the UK. It’s an amazing live line-up boasting top AV acts from across the globe, (headliners include Coldcut, Mira Calix, Filastine, DJ Food, Zan Lyons, J:Kenzo, EBN, Urban Projections, Mius, Optika, Adam Smith (talk) and workshop with Resolute), taking place from 26-28 May 2017. Splice Festival 2017 Press Release: Splice Festival is back for its second edition, taking place over the bank holiday weekend 26th - 28th May 2017 at East London’s multi-arts centres Rich Mix , Red Gallery and Kamio . Part of the EU …

" Cluste r is an immersive audiovisual site-specific installation that explores relationships between space, time and perception. Geometric schematization of architecture using light instruments transforms the space into a container for the abstract language of light and sound.” Cluster - Playmodes Documentation Playmodes have provided extensive documentation and videos about their Cluster project on their website at: http://playmodes.com/web/cluster-mira/ They use their own software created by Playmodes and integrate this with a hardware system to transform architectural spaces into audiovisual experiences. "The audiovisual discourse generated in real time using software created by Playmodes, researches the possibilities of formal clusters of oscillators app…

Sacred Lumia Gallery by Louie M. Brill Louis M.Brill is a lumia artist who works from his Lumia art studio in San Francisco, US. He also writes a blog named, Sacred Lumia , here he explores "the processes of Lumia and how it fits into the world of art, cinema and culture as a visual medium of appreciation”. This is a really great resource for artists and scholars interested in the practice and context of lumia art. Louis embraces “the light as the paintbrush and canvas to present Lumia art as a very evocative and nattarive visual presence.” An important part of his practice is that lumia can be controlled through directed artistic intensions and I think this is a very commendable point. WIth the advent of technologies that can do the art for you, there is stil…