artworks

16
Jul
2020
Notesaaz

Notesaaz

Notesaaz is an instrument for live electronic music, and a proposal for a three stage process where the physical controller is used to navigate within a graphical score that on its turn controls the sound generation.

The dynamic score in Notesaaz is created by using two sets of lines. The intersection points of the two sets of lines are continuously being detected, followed and translated into parameters that trigger and control the generated sound. By controlling and interacting with the geometrical arrangement of the lines on the screen, Notesaaz allows complex control over multiple sound parameters using a small number of input parameters.

By showing the dynamic score to the performer and the audience, Notesaaz suggests new possibilities for staging the performer instrument relationship, inviting the audience to engage more in what is played and to anticipate on what happens next.

 
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related to Notesaaz

Notesaaz Duo – STUK

Valkhof festival

Iranian Society of Queensland

Limited Access 6

November Music 2015

ArtScience 25 anniversary at Paradiso

Logos foundation

Todaysart 2013

Polar

Het Nutshuis

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02
Oct
2017
Vibroplasm

Vibroplasm

Vibroplasm is a series of experiments in which objects are organised in a field, for physical vibration to pass through. The space is composed with physical objects that are equipped with contact microphones and contact speakers, and a performer activates the space by actuating the objects and creating acoustic connections between them.

 
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02
Oct
2017
Points of Contact

Points of Contact

“Points of Contact” is a performance with two feedback loops; one inside a cage and one outside. In this work, the performer explores the boundaries formed by a cage around his head, and forms acoustic feedback loops by creating points of contact between physical objects that are equipped with transducers and contact microphones. This work is a continuation of an ongoing research about the ways in which one can observe vibration as it passes through a field of objects.

Here is an article about this work by Cathy van Eck on Between Air and Electricity

 
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The setup for this performance includes a bird cage that hangs from a 2-meter height, while a performer sits under the cage with his head inside, a wearable microphone set attached to his body, and a controller in front of him. There are also spring sets in front of the cage, and the performer creates acoustic feedback loops between pairs of transducers and contact microphones by placing loose pieces of spring between them.

The performance lasts between 10 to 15 minutes.

equipment provided by the artist:

  • Laptop + sound card
  • stereo amplifier + transducers + contact microphones
  • spring sets and objects

equipment provided by the venue:

  • PA: stereo with sub woofer – connection: 2 x mono balanced 1/4″ TRS jack
  • lighting on the performer and the set
  • power: 5 x euro plugs
  • a stool or chair – 60~75 cm high
  • small table for laptop, sound card and a small amp
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