Visual Music

Growing literature in the field of Visual Music When I started to explore the topic of audio visual composition and started to use the term 'visual music' in 1999 to describe my own practice and research, there were very few books on the topic of Visual Music as such.  However, there is a very rich source of texts in Journals on particular areas of practice and related areas of research and the term visual music did come forth in these journals, but was not prominent.  I started to gather these articles as they were precious sources of information about other people's work and research and very exciting to learn about.  The term itself came to prominence with the publication of the catalogue 'Visual Music' for a major Visual Music Exhibition held in the US.  Now there is a growing literature in the field. Here are some recent and forthcoming publications. Recent and Forthcoming Publications Book Cover Description The Visual Music Film by Aimee Mo...

Seeing Sound 4 - Call for papers/works Seeing Sound 4 will take place on the 9th and 10th of April 2016 at Bath Spa University in the UK and is now open for submissions of papers , fixed media works and performance works and - as a special call this year - are looking for imaginative proposals for the MediaWall and atrium space of their new building. The deadline for all submissions is 29 January 2016. Website:  http://www.seeingsound.co.uk/ Seeing Sound is an informal practice-led symposium exploring multimedia work which foregrounds the relationship between sound and image. It explores areas such as visual music, abstract cinema, experimental animation, audiovisual performance and installation practice through paper sessions, screenings, performances and installations. Seeing Sound 4 will take place at Bath Spa over the 9th and 10th of April 2016. It represents a move away from the winter months, and a physical move also – although still hosted in the idyllic Ne...

Sound/ Image Colloquium 2015 7th - 8th November, 2015 11 Stockwell Street  University of Greenwich  SE10 8EY Greenwich United Kingdom http://blogs.gre.ac.uk/sounddesign/events/sound-image/ Exploring sonic and audio-visual practice. The Sound / Image colloquium is interested in exploring the relationships between sounds and images, and the images which sounds can construct by themselves. Through a series of complementary strands – talks, screenings, loudspeaker orchestra concerts – we will bring together artists and academics to investigate sound and sound-image phenomena. Michel Chion  is special guest. Additional keynote talks from  Jo Hyde  and  Mairead McClean . The event itself will take place on the weekend of the 7th / 8th November 2015, at the Stockwell Street Building in Greenwich. http://blogs.gre.ac.uk/sounddesign/events/sound-image/ Organiser: Andrew Hill http://www.ahillav.co.uk/ Screenings Sound/ Image Screenings htt...

Screengrab of Praxinoscopes webpage:  http://www.dickbalzer.com/Praxinoscopes.599.0.html Richard Balzer has been collecting early optical toys and he and his assistant have digitized many of the discs and outputs from these toys into digital animations, to create a kind of digital museum of historical early moving images. " I have been collecting for more than thirty years, and my collecting wanders around the theme of visual entertainment, and almost all of the collection dates from before 1900. Over time you will find magic lanterns, peepshows, shadows, transparencies, thaumatropes, phenakistascopes and a variety of other optical toys.  " Source:  http://www.dickbalzer.com/ " Nearly five hundred years ago European collectors arranged their pieces in cabinets of curiosities (Wunderkabinette) in an attempt to display their rare pieces. As collections grew, the more ambitious set aside rooms called Wunderkammern (Rooms of Wonder) for visitors to come and view the...

Kurt Laurenz Theinert - Visual Piano with Uli Mitzlaff at lumina, Cascais    "Published on 14 Oct 2015 This german artist proposes us some serious entertainment. An abstract language of lines, spots and dynamic plans which represent visually music activated by the artist through a MIDI keyboard. Committing the audience in the performance by creating various graphic patterns that expands the geometry of the surrounding architecture, just as the thundering winter approaches in a manipulated and controlled chaos by the artist. Kurt Laurenz Theinert is an artist of light and other different media, who acts live preferably, having his artwork “Visual Piano” being previously presented in cities all around the world. Conceived in collaboration with Philipp Rahlenbeck, this artwork subsists in a device that allows the artist to fill spaces in real time with visual elements without resorting to pre-fabricated clips. Pure live visual music! Ulrich Mitzlaff is living in Portug...

History of Ideas Short animations to explain some big questions around freewill, beauty and good and evil. "A fresh take on the History of Ideas as big subjects like beauty, freedom, technology and morality get dissected by a team of thinkers. Philosophers, theologians, lawyers, Neuroscientists, historians and mathematicians join Melvyn Bragg to present a history in many voices." See link to all animations in the series http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3vVjcY47k2p5Wsnj3ZFHV5W/a-history-of-ideas Example Animation Edmund Burke and the sublime "Some things that move us are beautiful, others are sublime. But the sublime moves us more profoundly than the beautiful. See how Edmund Burke tied the experience of the sublime to the possibility of pain and how the idea went on to influence the artistic Romanticism movement. Voiced by Harry Shearer. Scripted by Nigel Warburton." Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02b8t1k BOOK: ...

"lectures, workshops and panel discussions on sound art, sound design and the interdependence of aesthetics and technology" http://www.klangsymposium.de/ Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and the Audio Engineering Society Hamburg Student Section are inviting to "klingt gut! / sounds good!" symposium on sound, June 4-6 2015 at the Arts and Media Campus Hamburg. During 3 days, topics from sound design and sound art to electroacoustic music in combination with visual design are discussed in lectures, workshops, panel discussions and presentations.  Until April 12, 2015.  Submissions for a proposal for a conference contribution or artwork, lectures and tutorials as well as proposals for audiovisual presentations (e.g. film sound design, installation, sound art­) are welcome. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: April 2015 Visit website for more information: http://www.klangsymposium.de/

The deadline for submitting papers for this forthcoming conference on research and creation outcomes about visual music is TODAY - March 9th, 2015. http://uvm2015.unb.br/ "UNDERSTANDING VISUAL MUSIC - UVM 2015” June 10-12, 2015 at University of Brasilia, Brazil DEADLINE for submissions: March 9, 2015. The Computer Art Research Laboratory of the University of Brasilia (Brazil) in association with the Electronic Arts Research and Experimentation Centre (CEIArtE) of the National University of Tres de Febrero (Argentina) and Concordia University (Canada) is pleased to invite you to submit proposals to share your research and creation outcomes as well as to discuss concepts, current trends, technological innovations and creativity aspects of visual music. "Understanding Visual Music - UVM" was born from the idea of knowing better the conceptual roots of visual-music. The first edition of UVM was held in Montreal, 2011 ( http://uvm2011.hexagram.ca ). In 2013 the...

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. SUBMISSION We invite submissions for compositions of videomusic that are related the following practices : - Electroacoustic or experimental music - Sonic art - Animation - Visual art, photography Maximum of 2 works ...

KIMA - music like you’ve never seen before Evolution of Motion, Sound, Geometry and Colour by Analema Group and the Union Chapel Organ Project With Special Guests: Claire M Singer - Organ Joby Burgess – Percussion (Powerplant) Estela Merlos - Dance Laura Moody – Cello (Elysian Quartet) Robert Ames- Viola (LCO) Emily Burn – Voice (Voice) Date of performance: 22 March 2015 – 20.00 pm, doors 19.00 pm Place: Union Chapel, Compton Terrace N1 2UN, London Booking: Tickets: £10/£7 conc. + advanced booking fee via http://www.unionchapel.org.uk Programme (with 2 intervals) MARE UNDARUM AXIS MUNDI AURORA Music for your eyes and ears. Based on a natural phenomena, brought to life using leading technology - KIMA paints music in light on the incredible architecture of the Union Chapel. In collaboration with contemporary music’s foremost talents, Analema Group and the Organ Project present a unique audio-visual performance, centred around the Henry Willis Organ (187...