Visual Music

BOOK: Visual Music Masters: Abstract Explorations: History and Contemporary Research Author: Adriano Abbado 2018 Adriano Abbado’s recent publication on the history and contemporary practice of Visual Music is available now. A great resource for all interested in learning more about the origins and the field of visual music. It is richly illustrated and very clearly organised and so is also really great for pedagogy purposes too. You can order the book at Amazon at the following link Adriano has provided some more information on the book at his website: http://www.noisegrains.com/?page_id=237 Book topics I History The Beginnings Music and Early Twentieth-Century Luminous Instruments Abstract Films Music and Abstract Art Electronic Art II Contemporary Developments Animations and Videos Installations Performances Language Appendix Synesthesia

http://centerforvisualmusic.org/Symposium/CFP.html PRESS RELEASE from CVM: CFP: CVM Symposium 2018 Exploring and Preserving Visual Music In association with Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, Sonoma County, California August 14-16, 2018 Deadline for submissions: March 23, 2017 Website:  http://centerforvisualmusic.org/Symposium/CFP.html Center for Visual Music ( CVM ) is pleased to announce its call for paper submissions for a Symposium on Visual Music, August 14-16, 2018, in association with Sonoma State University. The symposium will explore the theories, histories, and practices of visual music. It features two days of keynote talks and presentations from international scholars, artists, curators and students, plus a final half day of special sessions and a roundtable workshop on August 16. A series of screenings occur throughout, featuring historic and contemporary visual music works. Set in Sonoma County’s wine country, the symposium also features sever...

Oskar Fischinger: Visual Music CVM (Center for Visual Music) has just released a new Oskar Fischinger DVD available now to order from CVM, entitled:  Oskar Fischinger: Visual Music The DVD features the following works: Study no. 2, c. 1930, silent Study no. 5, 1930 Study no. 8, 1931 Coloratura, 1932 Muratti greift ein (Muratti Marches On), 1934 Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes), 1934 Komposition in Blau (Composition in Blue), 1935 ( excerpt online ) An American March, 1941 with bonus features: Pierrette I, 1924-26 1920s-30s Home Movies and Experiments, Berlin (black and white) Squares fragment (1934) and various 1930s color animation tests, image below (note, Squares image is from original artwork painted for the film) "Concerto" and newly discovered animation tests made in Hollywood, 1945-46 - TRAILER showing one test from this reel Excerpts from 8mm Home Movies at Wonderland Park, Los Angeles (c. 1959-1962) ORDER INFORMATION For more informa...

The bi-annual Seeing Sound Symposium is seeking works and papers for its forthcoming symposium to be held in Bath Spa University, UK The deadline is VERY soon - tomorrow the 19th January 2018 has been extended to 24th January 2018 - so time to get your entries in. Please do get your paper ideas and or works submitted for consideration for this exciting and worthwhile event. Visit: http://www.seeingsound.co.uk/2018-2/seeing-sound-2016-submissions/ to submit. Seeing Sound Website:  http://www.seeingsound.co.uk/ PRESS RELEASE: "Seeing Sound will return for its 5th edition on the 23rd-25th March 2018. We are now open for submissions of papers and audiovisual work, deadline 19th Jan! 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 session...

Louis M. Brill’s "Lumia projections are very special if presented in a very slow undulating movement as the light forms unfold, shape shifting from one sensuous image to another. Often to extend the visual presence of animated Lumia a musical track accompanies the Lumia motion which is no different than adding a musical score to a film. When music is played with a Lumia composition, it adds a narrative, emotional and dynamic presence to the abstract moving light as the mind attempts to synchronize the sound and visuals being presented.” [Source: You can view examples of Louis M. Brill’s lumia projections on vimeo now. Earlier I wrote a post about Louis’s blog Sacred Lumia at https://sacredlumia.wordpress.com/ where he posted a very useful article on visual music. You can visit that post here . In this blog,  Sacred Lumia , he has explored the process of Lumia and how it fits into the world of art, cinema and culture as a visual medium of appreciation Sacred Lumia Blog https://s...

There are a number of David Hockney exhibitions taking place soon. The  Metropolitan Museum of Art  is scheduled to exhibit  David Hockney , which showcases the artist. Hockney will also be featured in the upcoming exhibition  David Hockney: 82 Portraits and a Still Life  at the  Guggenheim Museum Bilbao . For more information, such as bio, works, articles and exhibition listings on David Hockney, visit: https://www.artsy.net/artist/david-hockney

The University of Greenwich, London is looking for submissions for the forthcoming Colloquium to take place 10-12 November 2017 Through a series of complementary strands – talks, screenings, loudspeaker orchestra concerts – the event will bring together artists and experts to investigate sound and sound-image phenomena. They are seeking papers and compositions which explore the relationships between sounds and images, and the images which sounds can construct by themselves. CALL FOR WORKS: Paper Submissions Audiovisual (Fixed Media) Compositions Acousmatic Works Audiovisual Live Performances The deadline for submissions is 1 September 2017. Further details of the call can be found in the attached document and on the conference website: http://www.gre.ac.uk/ach/events/soundimage For any queries please write to: Sound-Image@greenwich.ac.uk