Music Under the Influence of Computers
Music Under the Influence of Computers
an evening of work by composers and artists under the influence...
Saturday, July 11 @ 7pm with a sound installation beginning at 6pm
in the Calit2 Black Box Theater
program:
Duoquadragintapus by Adam Wilson and William Brent
Dovetails by Chris Otto
Lidércfény by Trevor Baca
New Windows on an Old World by Rick Snow
L'écume des jours by Alex Sigman
e80i.3 for Sol Lewitt by Rama Gottfried
plus sound installation art by Joachim Gossmann and Christian Miller
featuring performances by:
Katalin Lukács, piano and keyboard
Alice Teyssier, Flutes
Jonathan Hepfer, Percussion
Chris Otto, Violin
Adam Wilson, electric guitar
+ Robots!
Location:
The Calit2 Black Box Theater is located on the first floor of Atkinson Hall on the campus of UCSD. An interactive map of the area can be found here: http://www.calit2.net/about/
info/ucsd/maps/calit2map.html
Free Admission
Parking is available in the lot behind Atkinson Hall or in the Gilman Parking structure.
Concert Description:
Music Under the Influence of Computers represents a confluence of musical ideas from across the country. Each of the pieces on the program presents music which reflects on the relationship between humans and technology. In Duoquadragintapus technology is given a mind of its own and robots are programmed to improvise and respond to the actions of a live guitarist. In Dovetails, a violinist performs amidst a sound sculpture of 1034 slowly shifting sine waves. Lidércfény was organized and scored with the help of the composer's custom computer aided composition environment "abjab". In New windows on an Old World, the performer plays a keyboard controlled software instrument that creates a dynamic surround sound environment. L'écume des jours represents the products of various colliding systems/decision-making mechanisms as well as the congealing of two performers into a single dysfunctional machine. E80i.3 for Sol Lewitt is an instrumental quartet inspired by the e80i microscope and the dedicatee's serial visual art. Finally, each sound installation on the program seeks to immerse the audience in a unique technologically composed environment. Though each piece on the program challenges the performer and audience in its own unique way the program in its entirety provides a slice of the equally frustrating, frightening, comforting and hopeful jungle that is our relationship with technology.
URL: http://crca.ucsd.edu/
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