concept Andreas Weixler (A)

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1) presentation overview of the speech   "Virtuoso Audiovisual Realtime Performance "

2) presentation overview of the audiovisual realtime performance   "The Colors of A Wooden Flute"

3) short biography Andreas Weixler

4) short biography Se-Lien Chuang

5) photographs & picts

6) text and logo of our sponsors

7) technical rider

8) download files in pdf & jpeg

1) presentation overview of the speech

"Virtuoso Audiovisual Real-Time Performance " by Andreas Weixler (A)

As different forms of machine musicianship, in which computers act like virtuoso musical instruments, are blooming nowadays, we are focusing on a very specialized form of realtime performance with a computer system: audiovisual interaction with traditional acoustic musical instruments in the style of contemporary composition/improvisation. In this talk the development of our own audiovisual realtime computer system will be described and the performances with different kinds of musical instruments together with digital processing machines will be documented.

The goal of this project is to create an interface for visual and music computing for an associated audiovisual composition and to create a performance of participation of interactive sounds and visuals with a virtuoso performance of both sides the acoustic instrumental and the machine musicians.
    To achieve this we combine improvised music and realtime computer processes to an audiovisual realtime composition. The sound of live instruments serves as an interface in an audiovisual interactive concert that merges acoustic instrumental sound and realtime computing into an improvisation. With the combination of intuitive improvisation and realtime computing, we want to create a synaesthetical artwork in which all audio and visual parts are equally contributing. While visual images and processes are being generated during the concert, a multichannel realtime audio processing of granular synthesis, spectral delay and FFT filtering fits together minute tonal particles that make up the instrumental sounds into a constantly changing acoustic stream made up of different pitches, duration and positions in the electroacoustic space. The musical and visual components interact and reciprocally influence each other in order to blend into a unique, synaesthetic, improvisational work of art.

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2) presentation overview of the audiovisual realtime performance

"The Colors of A Wooden Flute"

Se-Lien Chuang (TW/A), bass recorder, interactive visuals
Andreas Weixler (A), multi channel sound processing
http://avant.mur.at

"Fragments of memories (produced both by human beings and by computer) generate a synaesthesia of sounds and visuals. The sounds of the bass recorder, serve as interface in an audiovisually interactive concert with our computer system interacting with the performers, i.e. a bass recorder, and the electroacoustic hyper instrument, analyzing the sounds, exchanging data between analysis, audio and video computing.

While visual images and processes are being generated during the concert, a realtime multi-channel audio processing fits together minute tonal particles that make up the instrumental sounds into a constantly changing acoustic stream made up of different pitches, durations and positions in the electroacoustic space.  The musical and visual components interact and reciprocally influence each other in order to blend into a unique, synaesthetic, improvisational work of art."

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3) short biography Andreas Weixler


Andreas Weixler

born 1963 in Graz, Austria
composer and media artist for contemporary instrumental composition, computer music and interactivity with an special emphasis on audiovisual realtime processes.

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4) short biography Se-Lien Chuang


Chuang Se-Lien
composer, pianist and media artist, 1965 born in Taiwan, since 1991 residence in Austria, http://avant.mur.at/chuang. The artistic and compositional emphasis ranges from contemporary instrumental composition/improvisation, computer music, electronic sound processing, algorithmic composition to composition/improvisation with audiovisual interactivity.

Studies in composition (Beat Furrer), Music and Media Technology (Adelhard Roidinger, Karlheinz Essl), Piano/Recorder (Walter Groppenberger/Adelheid Creuzburg), Electro-acoustic Music (Tamas Ungvary, Wolfgang Musil) in Austria, German Language and literature studies and Music Pedagogy in Taiwan.

Since 1996 diverse workshops and guest lectures in Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, South-Korea, Taiwan, and institutional production-, study- and research stay in computer music, interactive audiovisual composition in Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. Since 1997 numerous representation of compositions and music projects in Europe, Asia, Russia, South- and North America: Salzburger Festspiele, ICMC Huddersfield/NYC/Belfast/Copenhagen, SICMF Seoul, NIME New York, ISEA Singapore/Nagoya, Ultraschall Festival für Neue Musik Berlin, Wien Modern, Sumida Triphony Hall Tokio, National Theater Concert Hall Taipeh, electronic access London/Linz/Vienna, Ars Electronica Linz, Electronic Music Festival Basel, SONORITIES Festival of Contemporary Music Belfast, Computermusik Festival Montreal, European Electroacoustic Music Brussels, NICE Amsterdam, Laval Virtual VRIC, Musik Fest Salzburg, “Ruheraum” Stadtmuseum Innsbruck, MAK Vienna, Essl Museum Klosterneuburg, Werkstadt Graz, Hörgänge KonzerthausVienna, V:NM Graz, Open Cube IEM Graz, Tanztheater Festival Graz, Center for Contemporary Art Kyiv, Logos Tetrahedron Gent, Lovebytes Festival Sheffield, SIBGRAPI Video Festival Gramado-RS etc

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