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In Situ - site inspired audiovisual performances
About In Situ EnsembIe "The In Situ Ensemble is comprised of three performer-composers: Michael Janz on synthesizers, Ian Stahl on guitar, vocals, and electronics, and Anthony Storniolo on percussion and live video synthesis. They create site-inspired audiovisual performances by blending electroacoustic free improvisations with audio and video recordings gathered from the surroundings of where the performance will take place. Their work uses documentation as a catalyst for improvisation; field recordings and video recordings become source materials that are then translated and manipulated, recontextualizing our preconceived notions of the sonic and visual objects. Musically, the trio draws upon a diverse soundscape that ranges from quiet minimalism to co…

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Call for Videomusic Compositions - Montreal Videomusic Festival 2015
The Montreal Videomusic Festival 2015 are now inviting proposais for videomusic compositions. The Festival will take place in April 2015 in Montreal, Canada. Deadline is very close - March 10th 2015 For more information visit the facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/events/857820210945198 Information from facebook page is posted below: Montreal Videomusic Festival 2015 CALL FOR WORKS April 10-11-12, 2015 Espace Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada We are now inviting proposals for videomusic compositions. GENERAL INFORMATION - International works will be presented during three days - Live audiovisual performances on evenings - Special Vitrine to Montreal based students SUBMISSION DEADLINE : March 10th 2015 FEES Free submission and registration. SU…

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Silk Chroma - Visual Music Piece
I was lucky to be involved in the creation of the visual music visuals for a collaborative work entitled "Silk Chroma". Working as a collaborative team to create this work was a wonderful experience. The Irish composer Linda Buckley was a pleasure to work with and the electro-acoustic composition that she composed is beautiful. Linda and I worked closely together to realise the ideas for the work, interestingly Linda described much of the music she would like to create in visual terms that really appealed to me and inspired the visuals. Similarly some visuals and still images that I created inspired sounds and timbres for Linda. Good stuff. Silk Chroma is an audio-visual work that is inspired by the novella Silk by Alessandro Baricco as a conceptual f…

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Diego Garro - Patah
Diego Garro has just uploaded his piece Patah to vimeo. Do visit this work. This piece is also available in high quality and surround sound for public screenings. The power in this work is the alignment of electroacoustic music composition with a similar spectral approach in the image material - a truly other wordly result but so well matched. Diego teaches on the Music and Technology courses at Keele University, UK. (blog author opinion!!) You can see this video on Diego's vimeo page. http://vimeo.com/14112798 Diego Garro - Patah PATAH ver2 from Diego Garro on Vimeo . "Stylistically, this composition is rooted in the tradition of Electroacoustic Music; however, Patah is an investigation into (mainly abstract) spectro-morphologies articulated in …

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Seeing Sound Symposium - Bath Spa University - UK
Practice-led Visual Music Research Symposium, Bath Spa University, 19/20th Sept 2009 "Bath Spa University’s Center for Musical Research hosts an informal two-day symposium exploring a broad range of multimedia work highlighting the relationship between sound and image. Areas such as visual music, abstract cinema, experimental animation, lumia, cymatics, live audiovisual performance and relevant installation work will be examined and explored." http://seeingsound.co.uk The excellent programme organised by Dr Joe Hyde consisted of papers/presentations , performances and screenings . The mix of screenings, talks, papers and performances made this a really rich event and a wonderful opportunity to see and hear the work that is being created now in the are…

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