January 15, 2006
Chironomy
A Wiencouver Internet Performance
Western Front (Vancouver) and Kunstradio ORF (Vienna) present Chironomy: A Wiencouver Internet Performance (a prelude to Art's Birthday). Conceived by Miya Masaoka; Sunday, January 15, 2006 (5 pm Eastern Standard Time; 2 pm Pacific Standard Time; 11 pm Central European Time).
In Vancouver: Miya Masaoka (koto, laser koto, laptop), François Houle,(clarinet, laptop, lectronics), and Giorgio Magnanensi (electronics); In Vienna: Klaus Filip (laptop) and Burkhard Stangl (guitars, electronics). Both video and audio streams can be accessed here.
Chironomy is a project conceived by Miya Masaoka, (koto, laptop, LaserKoto, video) with François Houle (Clarinet, laptop, electronics) and Giorgio Magnanensi (electronics) in Vancouver and Klaus Filip (tube, lloopp software) and Burkhard Stangl (guitars and electronicdevices) in Vienna. This audio and video streaming project uses musicians performing remotely on different continents. Interactivity, improvisation,gestural communication and text are explored within the context of network culture, desire, expectation and alienation. Disembodied sound sources, unpredictable visual and rhythmic time delays, unintended synchronicity and other artifacts of streaming will be exploited.
from Vancouver: Webcam | mp3 Audio Stream http://lists.front.bc.ca/stream.php | from Vienna | mp3 Audio Stream at http://stream.sil.at:7562/listen.pls| Webcam. Concert in the Grande Luxe Western Front, 303 East, 8th Ave, Vancouver - 604-876-9343 Sunday, January 15 - Doors open 1:30 pm - Live stream 2 pm PST (11 pmCET in Vienna) Tickets $10/$5 at the door. FREE for Western Front members.
Miya Masaoka - musician, composer, sound-artist - has created works for Koto, laser interfaces, field recordings, laptop and video and written scores for ensembles, chamber orchestras and mixed choirs. In her pieces she has investigated the sound and movement of insects, as well as the physiological response of plants, the human brain and her own body. Within these varied contexts her performance work investigates the interactive, collaborative aspects of sound, improvisation, nature and society.
Masaoka's work has been presented in Japan, Canada, Europe, Eastern Europe and she has toured to India six times. Venues include V2 in Rotterdam, Cybertheater in Brussels, Elektronisch Festival in Groningen, the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, The Electronik Body Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia, Radio Bremen, Germany, Festival of Lights, Hyberadad, India, and the London Musicians Collective.
Posted by jo at January 15, 2006 12:24 PM
