Presentation of “Confluence of Techné and Musical Thought: 3D-Composer, a software for micro-composition” at the Electroacoustic Music Studies Conference 2008 INA-GRMand University Paris-Sorbonne (Maison de la Recherche) on 3-7 June, 2008 (Paris).
Ivan Zavada was composer in residence at EMS in Sweden (21/4-27/4). During this time Zavada gave two concerts and a seminar. Read more on SEAMS website http://www.ems.rikskonserter.se/.
Concert: 22 April in Gävle, Kulturkiosken at 7 p.m.
Seminar: 25 April at EMS, Stockholm at 5-7 p.m.
Concert: 26 April at Fylkingen at 7.30 p.m.
Recent optosonic designs by Ivan Zavada will be performed at the Livewires event in the Music Workshop Hall of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Livewires is a concert series presenting electronic and computer music works from staff and students in the composition department of the SCM.
Combined from the first syllables of the words inhale and exhale, derived from the action of breathing, an essential element of life. This collaborative work represents the process by which artistic concepts may emerge in the various combinations of elements from different spheres of influence and domains, sometimes even hemispheres. In fact, the collaborative process occurred entirely via internet and demonstrates the vast creative potential available through new mediums of communication, drastically affecting the concept of continuous time and geographic space. This real-time performance for voice (Alla Zagaykevych), computer and visual interpretation (Ivan Zavada) is based on a blending approach of traditional and urban connotations. Paradoxically, it consists of the deconstruction of city environments and a search for new meaning in a constantly evolving exchange of cultures and ideas.
InEx was performed at the Opening Concert of the Musicacoustica Festival 2006 in Beijing, China.
The Electroacoustic Music Association of China (EMAC) and the China Electronic Music Center (CEMC) based at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in a special cooperation with the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network’s (EMS) International Conference Series organized their annual festival:
Musicacoustica 2006: Language
This year the week-long MusicAcoustica 2006 festival (22–29 October) was focused on the broad theme of Language. EMS06 papers, in more focused paper sessions (from the 23rd to 26th), concentrated on a crucial aspect of language, namely terminology - see the full call for papers here:
http://www.ems.dmu.ac.uk/ems06/.
Music, sound installations and workshops reflected on the theme of Language in all its breadth and depth.
Chinese composers and academics come together once a year to plan future directions for the development of computer music in China and to learn/exchange with their international guests.
Click here for more information on the China Electronic Music Center located at the Central Conservatorium of Music - Beijing, China http://cemc.ccom.edu.cn/
See call for proposal here: Musicacoustica 2006
Musicacoustica 2006 “Opening Concert”, Millennium Monument
1 Curtis Roads
2 Wang Xuan: Flower Drum.AnHui.cn (6:30) Computer Music
3 Jeffrey Stolet: Tokyo Lick (6:38) Interactive Real-Time MIDI Software
6 Henrik Frisk: Repetition repeats all other repetitions (?) 10 String Guitar & Composer
5 Ivan Zavada: InEx (7:00) Voice & Video
6 Zhang Xiaofu: Nuo Ri Lang (18:30) Video
Ivan Zavada’s work Relation Diplomatik was performed during the first Electroacoustic Music Week from the 16th October to 21st October 2006 in Shanghai, China.
The first “Shanghai International Electroacoustic Music Week” was held from Oct. 16th to 21st, 2006. Guided by the organizing committee of Shanghai International Art Festival, 2006 Shanghai International Electroacoustic Music Week presented by Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Music Engineering Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Oriental Digital Media Research and Development Center and Electro-acoustic music Laboratory Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
The principle of 2006 Shanghai International Electroacoustic Music Week is to set up the most international and pioneering “stage” in electro-acoustic music realm, exhibit the latest electro-acoustic music and meanwhile provide the Chinese composers with a platform to publish and show their electro-acoustic music works in the cosmopolitan city- Shanghai!
As the first grand electronic music event, 2006 Shanghai International Electroacoustic Music Week invited distinguished experts and professors from GRAME (France), STEIM (Holland), Gaudeamus (Holland), University of California, Music School from University of Oregon, Sydney Conservatory of Music and China to host workshops and give lectures. In addition, Argento Ensemble (USA) , STEIM (Holland), GRAME (France), Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Jeffrey Stolet (USA) and Ivan Zavada (Australia) performed the world’s latest pieces which were selected through commissions and works collections.
More on the Shanghai International Electroacoustic Music Week…
Video event by Jean Piché:
“This is Not Cinema”
Three works by Jean Piché:
Bharat, eXpress, Spin
About Bharat:
Bharat was shot in Northern India in early spring 2002, 8 years after paNi intiyA, and premiered in November of the same year at the Elektra Festival in Montreal. This is the first time he had filmed with the aim of assembling in panoramic triple screen mode. Scanned panning scenes were reconstructed from multiple exposures. The text is extracted from the last known recording of Mohandas K. Gandhi, in a Western language, a few months before his assassination in 1948. Ivan Zawada plays the violin.
more on the colloquium and concert at MIT Media Lab…
Ivan Zavada’s electroacoustic piece Neutron was chosen as part of the International 60×60 Project as well as the Pacific Rim Mix.
The isolation of a neutral sonorous particle provokes an elastic chain reaction which evokes organized chaos. Systematic use of an audio looping software which I developed during this odyssey, influenced by our present socio-cultural and economical context where repetitiveness is privileged in its totality. A loop is a sort of neutral sonic kernel, maybe even a non-determined discord. But despite its neutrality, the loop attracts humans more and more. This musical whirlwind siphons my mind!
The goal of the selection process is to choose from the pool of submissions to create a sample of the work composers are writing that year. We endeavor to get the broadest selection from composers of different countries, age, gender, ethnicity, career stage, and social strata; including the most diverse aesthetic, style, and compositional methods from those composers. In cases where the project receives a large number of submissions from a particular demographic, we strive to create another selection of 60 works for that demographic and hold a regional concert which is a subset of the overall project. For more details: Vox Novus Site
Following are the names of the composers which have been selected for the 60×60 project.
Aaron Acosta, Liana Alexandra, John Allemeier, Dwight Ashley, Marc Barreca, Dennis Bathory-Ktitsz, Gina Biver, James Bohn, Marita Bolles, Ann Cantelow, Nicolas Chausseau, Andrew Cole, Christopher Cook, Cindy Cox, Antonino Cuscina, Robert Dick, Ian Dicke, Greg Dixon, Aaron Drake, Ivan Elezovic, David Fenech, Moonroe Golden, David Gunn, David Hahn, Erdem Helvacioglu, Tony Higgins, Stuart Hinds, Lynn Job, Julian Jonker, Yasushi Kamata, Nicole Kim, Joan La Barbara, Stan Link, Don Malone, Dylan Mattingly, Maurilio Cacciatore , Andra McCartney, Anatasio Mitropoulos, Annele Nederberg, David Newby, Serban Nichifor, Rodney Oakes, Ronald Parks, Maggi Payne, Samuel Pluta, David Shannon, Alan Shockley, Scott Smallwood, Laurie Spiegel, Asha Srinivasan, Alex Temple, Balie Todd, Eldad Tsabary Kubilay Uner Mark Vernon, Katrina Wreede, Xiting Yang, Ivan Zavada, Oded Zehavi, and ~chromatik_d_zabu.tmp (collective)
The electroacoustic work Aquasonique was chosen for Empirical Soundings - soundscapes from the commonwealth, an international call for surround sound installations, part of the cultural activities concurrent with the Commonwealth Games 2006 - Melbourne. More on Empirical Soundings…
Aquasonic is an abstract interpretation of the inner journey of an athlete during a competition, in this case a swimming competition, from the first instance of plunging into the water until the end of the mission is accomplished. This route may seem short to external observers, but the inner state of consciousness may deal with this challenge otherwise during a competition. Mental imagery, self-verbalisation, inner brain wave rates and self motivation patterns are determining elements induced by the psychological state of the competitor, and are crucial for ultimate performance.
This composition is a sonic voyage into the mind of an athlete, during the multiple stages of a competition event, where self-motivation constantly pushes the physical barriers, which at times can be compromising and challenging, until finally the state of jubilation is attained at the end, during which a performance self assessment is subconsciously triggered. The sound sources are essentially water from a pool and a swimmers movements in the water, as well as sub-aquatic sounds. They were modified to represent what might be a complex network of inner forces regulating high performance output.
This web site was created to gather information about projects involving sound and visuals, particularly focussing on the interactive nature of these mediums. The aim of this initiative is to encourage intuitive and abstract experimentation relating to optosonic design, a concept in constant evolution.