Visual Music

The OpenEnded Group: Upending - World Premiere A stereoscopic theater performance, which will premiere at EMPAC on March 26,2010 "Upending, a work commissioned by EMPAC and appearing here in its world premiere, is a revelatory stereoscopic theater performance, an actor–less drama of disorientation and reorientation that compels us to rethink our relationship with the material world. Using ordinary flat photographs and processing them with non-photorealistic rendering and stereoscopic HD video, Upending transfigures familiar objects, spaces, and persons in ways that are both beautiful and uncanny. " http://openendedgroup.com/index.php/in-progress/upend/ EMPAC @ Rensselaer 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180 518.276.3921 http://www.empac.rpi.edu/ http://www.empac.rpi.edu/events/2010/spring/oeg/index.html

A lecture on the art of algorithm in the moving image. 'The lecture demonstrates, by means of practical examples, the use of algorithmic relationship in the art of moving images, from films and early generative art to contemporary digital techniques... The lecture will include the projection of films by Peter Kubelka, Kurt Kren, James Whitney, Larry Cuba, Dan Sandin and Granular Synthesis.' visit website

CALL FOR VISUAL MUSIC WORKS - an event to be curated by Jean Detheux (incredible filmmaker visual music artist - see http://www.vudici.net/ ) Visual Music (event curated by Jean Detheux ) may be described as the art of combining music and moving image into "something" that neither medium can offer on its own. Music can inform images as much as images can inform music. Visual Music manifests its author’s (or authors’) discovery and creation of a novel composition that marries its components in a manner that adds up to more than the sum of its parts. In exploring this Art form, one often encounters two "bad" extremes: one consists of music and images that merely mirror each other in a very literal, redundant way. The other "bad" extreme offers music and images so far apart that they have nothing to do with each other. The components do not inform each other. The paradox of Visual Music is that even if it is very often presented as "New Media," i...

The iotacenter are doing a very cool thing on their site - each week, they select a clip of the week, site of the week and artist of the week. Thanks to Derek Haugen of Iotacenter for selecting this Visual Music Blog as site of the week on November 30th. Visit: - iota at: http://www.iotacenter.org/ Available at Amazon Visual Music from Iota: An Anthology of Contemporary Art, Vol. 1 (2006)

Visual Music Survey - Ilias Bergstrom This is a really worthwhile survey to fill out - it is great to see some research being done on Visual Music and Audiences, thanks Ilias for letting me know about this survey - do fill it out - as it's a great cause - Visual Music Some more information In order to find out which one of two different visual music technologies audiences prefer, Ilias has created an online survey for comparing them. Please take part by filling it out. The survey is reached using the link below, and should not take you more than 10-15 minutes to complete: www.surveygizmo.com/s/204226/visual-music-1 Ilias will post all the details when the survey is closed. See also: http://www.onar3d.com/

A unique event encompassing film,artworks, music, live performance and interactive experiences in showcasing the world of *visual music. *Items included range from pioneering work in the field to new pieces created for the evening, from cutting-edge to humorous interpretation and from international prize winning items to local endeavour. "What does music look like? This is the question that Colchester music lecturer Julia Orpen is attempting to answer at The Headgate Theatre on Sunday 6th December. The event, entitled “ Sound and Image ” is part film show, part art show, part concert and is the result of eighteen months personal investigation that has led to both local and global collaboration. Sub-titled ‘ The World of Visual Music ’, the series of short films forming the heart of the event include an international award winner and contributions from Australia, Ireland, Austria, Italy and the USA. Julia Orpen says: "Experimentation in the possibilities of combining sound ...

Jodina Meehan is a cymatics artist using sound waves to create permanent art, and she is also editor of the Journal of Cymatics . This journal is supported by a website, that has a lot of very useful resources, information and examples in the area of cymatics - this wonderful and incredible sound to art work of cymatics. You can become a member of this website also. The Journal of Cymatics: The Study of Sound Made Visible , was founded in 2007, by editor Jodina Meehan. Reporting on the art and science of cymatics around the world. If you have a piece of cymatics news to contribute, do visit the website on how to contribute. Website: http://cymatica.com/ Jodina Meehan at work in her studio creating cymatics art You can view Jodina Meehans creating her own cymatics work in her studio- view the beautiful patterns created in an excellent video that showcases her cymatic on the following page: http://cymatica.com/2009/05/05/cymatica-1-inside-my-studio There are lots of categories on thi...