Media Arts

Andreas Weixler & Se-Lien Chuang

a) interactive audio visual composition, installation, improvisation

b.) interactive audio & realtime processing

a) interactive audio visual

Erinnerung in jedem Laut (2003/4)
for live instrument, live electronic and visuals

live Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokio, Japan

length: ca. 15 minutes

The fragments of memories (from a human as well as a computer) generate the synaesthesis between sounds and images. In terms of acousmatics I applied the spatialisation of sounds to integrate the movements of visuals for "the listening imagination".

LIGHTINGALE
audiovisual transformation
 

live at v:nm festival in Graz, Austria

description:
To generate synaesthesia of audio and visual the live improvisation of instruments will be processed in realtime, generating colors, shapes and pictures accordingly to the frequency range and dynamics. Also the granular synthesis of the sound will be replayed in the performance.

work in progress, every event shows a new development, the new version

4th V:NM-Festival 2003, Graz, Austria, 30th of May 2003
 

       Andreas Weixler - audiovisual transformation
       Peter Herbert - bass
       Reinhard Micko - piano

Jazz Nite 02, Bruckner- Conservatory Linz

audiovisual transformation mit Tuscher/Radovan/Gutternig/Schreiber/Cech/Weixler

Seoul-Lightingale
Seoul International Computer Music Festival 2003

in South-Corea, November 8.-12.  2003

[+]Concert 4
Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, 7:30 pm
KCAF Arts Theater -Andreas Weixler "Seoul Lightingale" (korean traditional instruments and interactive audio-visual media)

Eunil Kang, Haegeum
Kyunghwa Yu:, Percussion & Cheolhyungeum
Heoh Yoon Jeong, Geomungo
Andreas Weixler:, computer
Se-Lien Chunang, live video

live at v:nm festival in Graz, Austria

 Se-Lien Chuang (piano, audiovisual interaction)

 forum::für::umläute + nap (audio, video, computer)

4. V:NM-Festival 2003, Graz, Austria
30th of May 2003 IEM / CUBE
 

a visual crush on you
realtime audio processing and interactive visual

live at the National Theater Concert Hall in Taipeh, Taiwan

Se-Lien Chuang, Yan-Zin and visuals
Andreas Weixler, computer (max/msp)
 

National Theater Concert Hall in Taipeh, Taiwan 27.4.2003
TNCA, Tainan National College of Art, Taiwan, 29.4.2003
 
 

running-figure-lantern

interactive audiovisual instrumental theater

live at ISEA 02, Nagoya, Japan

Atelier Avant Austria 2002: Se-Lien Chuang & Andreas Weixler

The stage aspect associates with the Chinese shadow-puppet-show ( ) and running-figure-lantern ( ) for approaching a mind of cross-culture exchange.

Se-Lien Chuang: concept, visual-programming, stage setting
Andreas Weixler: live granular synthesis, Max/MSP
Kuwayama Kiyoharu: violoncello
Kijima Rina: violine
dancers: Junko Sugano & Kawamura Atunori
audio technician: Kensuke Okane, EARS, Japan

Technically this work detects audio by a number of microphones, which are carried by the musicians and dancers (or actor & actress). It then makes a choice of pictures accordingly to the sound and transforms those. Also the sound will be transformed in stereo of 6 channel by granular synthesis and will fit it in a prepared electroacoustic composition and stage arrangement.

The audiovisual ambience and the interpreters are open to the public. The performance is expected, but undetermined. The public can participate in this performance by going and coming through the orbit stage like the moving figures in the Chinese running-figure-lantern.

selceted for  International Symposium of Electronic Arts 27.- 31 Oktober, Nagoya Japan.
ISEA  02 Performance on October 30th, 2003.
 

The Story of  H e i k e
interactive audiovisual narrative

live in Nagoya, Japan

description: the biwa player tells the traditional japanese story of Heike. The computer cotnrolled choice of picture interactively accompanies the play of the biwa and the singing voice of the narrator. ca. 15´,

        Kagusho Kitagawa,  Biwa
        Mikako Mizuno, art concept
        Se-Lien Chuang,  visuals & realtime arrangement
        Andreas Weixler, interactive programming

Premiere:  Nagoya City University - School Design and Architecture, Japan,
Friday 16th of February 2001, Sound Lab
 

living cave
interactive audio-visual installation

live in Laval, France
© Chuang Se-Lien

Se-Lien Chuang, concept, visuals and electroacoustic composition, Andreas Weixler  Max/msp programming, interactivity  and realtime audio processing.

description: The room reacts to the audience in algorithmic choice of pictures and their transformation and processes realtime audio within an electroacoustic composition.

The interactive audiovisual installation Living Cave is very flexible to the exhibition site. It detects audio by a number of microphones, which could be hidden in room or be handed out to selected persons of the audience aswell. It then makes a choice of pictures accordingly to the sound and transform those. Also the sound will be transformed in stereo or 4 channel by granular synthesis and will fit in a prepared electroacoustic composition.

All in all it creates a visual and audio ambience accordingly to the sound fed into the system.

Studio: Sound Design Lab/Nagoya City University, School of Design and Architecture, Japan
premiere: 19.01.2001 Nagoya, Sound Design Lab/Nagoya City University, Japan
further premieres 16.-2o th of May 2001 at  Laval Virtual and VRIC (Virtual International International Conference), France
26.10.-4.11.2001 artport & media select, Nagoya, Japan.
 
 

Waon
interactive audio visual performance for 2 instruments

live at Experimental Intermedia, New York, USA  live at TNCA, Taiwan

description: based on the japanese spirit of harmony the computer senses harmony between the players and acts accordingly to them in generating audio and visual.

2 instruments are improvising between playing the same note, making microtonal distortions up to free audio visual art. Voices from different nations are analysed in the same way, hear the melody, the
rhythm the music of each language, see the expression.

concept and max/msp progamming by Andreas Weixler.

Studio: Sound Design Lab/Nagoya City University, School of Design and Architecture, Japan
premiere: 15.12.2000 Experimental Intermedia, New York, USA
selected for ISEA 02, Symposium of Electronic Art, in Nagoya, Japan
further presentations:
special asian version for sheng and erhu:
National Theater Concert Hall in Taipeh, Taiwan 27.4.2003
TNCA, Tainan National College of Art, Taiwan, 29.4.2003
 

Sonic Satie
interactive composition for piano, Disclavier, realtime audio processing and visual sampler

at Bruckner-Conservatory, Linz, Austria
 
 

description: the audio data of a grand piano playing Vexations by Erik Satie will be processed in granular synthesis, and if silented a Disklavier playes Gymnopedie alltogether with a live visual improvisation.

A piano player keeps on playing Vexations by Erik Satie in one concert hall. The audio signal will be transmitted to another concert hall, where it feeds the input of a Macintosh computer equiped with Max/msp. The Max/msp patch listens whether the grand piano is played by the performer or not. If not Max starts a sequence of Gymnopedie No1 and No 2 performed. If the grand piano is playing the computer silences the Disklavier and starts a realtim audio processing the signal of the grand piano.

While the listener in concert hall 1 can listen to a piano piece of Erik Satie, the listener in concert hall 2 will hear a computer processed interactive electro acoustic piece with a live Disklavier and realtime granular synthesis based on what is played in the other room.

concept and Max/msp programm: Andreas Weixler
piano, midi data, visual arts: Se-Lien Chuang

Studio: SUSS Sheffield University Sound Studio and Atelier Avant Aweixler/cse-lien 1999
premiere 08.10.1999 Vexations - long night of Satie, Bruckner-Conservatorium, Linz

paper wedding (1999)
interactive performance for prepared piano, visual and audio sampler

at Projekt Theater Wien, Austria

description:
together with the experimental theatre group Projekttheater Wien, Andreas Weixler and Se-Lien are performing visual and audio sampling in a multimedia performance and improvisation.
Sounds and pictures are played as instruments and reacting with the actors.

Andreas Weixler, concept, audio and visual sampler
Se-Lien Chuang, bowed piano , computer grafics and X-pose programming
Studio: Atelier Avant Aweixler/cse-lien

premiere 26.06.1999, Projekttheater Studio Wien, director: Eva Brenner
 

Subject to Change (1999)
interactive performance for prepared piano, visual and audio sampler, realtime processing

Andreas Weixler, concept, audio and visual sampler
Se-Lien Chuang, bowed piano , computer grafics X-pose programming
Alberto de Campo, Wavetablet and SC2 programming
Studio Atelier Avant Aweixler/cse-lien

premiere:
Atelier concert at Institute of Electronic Music, Graz concert series die andere saite 26.03.1999,
Archives: IEM, Graz, Atelier Avant, ConcertZender Amsterdam, Bild- und Tonarchiv Joanneum.

Limits-no Limits (1999)
audio visual improvisation

with Peter Infeld (Tenor), Karl Ratzer (Git), Luise Kloos (Reib-Glas) Andreas Weixler (audio-and visual sampler), Se-Lien Chuang (piano and Computergrafics) and the  ensemble of Projekttheater Wien.

premiere 26.06.1999  Projekttheater Studio Wien
Studio : Atelier Avant Aweixler/cse-lien

b.) interactive audio & realtime processing

ELEKTRONISCHE STUDIE by Se-Lien Chuang
for percussion solo and audio realtime processes


conzert Sound and Vision II on 30th of May 2008,  Anton-Bruckner-Privatuniversität, Linz
Stefan Altmanninger, percussion, Se-Lien Chuang, audio realtime processes (SuperCollider, Max/Msp)


LITTLE UNIVERSE by Andreas Weixler
Improvisation by instructions of an interactive score

An unique experiment is combining improvisation by instructions of an interactive computersystem and realtime audio processing.
concert Sound and Vision II 30.Mai.2008, Anton-Bruckner-Privatuniversität, Linz

Ensemble Zwischen Räume
Monika Parkfrieder: piano, saxophone
Bernhard Parkfrieder: saxophone, clarinette
Christiane Zollhauser: voice
Astrid Bauer: oboe

Stefan Altmanninger, percussion
Fatima el Kosht, troumpet, flute, jaw´s harp
Se-Lien Chuang, multi channel granular synthesis
Andreas Weixler, interactive score

 
arb/cb - the big fuzz  by Andreas Weixler
 audio realtime behaviour for double bass

 UA:  27. Oktober 2007, Kulturzentrum Minoriten, Konzertreihe die andere saite in Graz, Austria
 Uli Fussenegger, double bass, Andreas Weixler, multi channel granular synthesis

who is who by Se-Lien Chuang
for double bass solo and electronics

 premiere:  27. Oktober 2007, Kulturzentrum Minoriten, Konzertreihe die andere saite in Graz, Austria
 Uli Fussenegger, Kontrabass, Se-Lien Chuang Elektronik, SuperCollider live Processing
 duration: 6 min 5 sec
  available on ORF CD die andere saite vol 1 2009

Das Glück des Galeerensklaven (2002) by Andreas Weixler
literary realtime processing

Grazer Dom im Berg, Austria
 

Andreas Weixler (Computer music - realtime processing)
Günther Eichberger (Autor)
Erich Oskar Hütter (Violoncello)

A poetical and musical interaction. The violoncello of Erich Oskar Hütter is reacting to the spoken literture of Günther Eichberger. These acoustical events are processed by Andreas Weixler to an outstanding electronic sound. The word will be sound.

premiere: Sa 06.04.2002 Easter festival in the Grazer Dom im Berg.
 

a crush on You
realtime audio processing of a chinese instrument

live at Experimental Intermedia, New York, USA
 

Yan-Zin is a traditional chinese instrument, in the performances played by Se-Lien Chuang. The sounds of the Yan-Zin will be digitally processed in realtime by Andreas Weixler to bring together traditional asian instrumental sound and contemporary western computer music in an improvisation of two musicians.

concept and Max/msp Programming: Andreas Weixler
Yan-Zin: Se-Lien Chuang
Studio: SUSS Sheffield University Sound Studio und Atelier Avant1999,
Sound Lab Nagoya City University 2000

premiere 25.09.1999 Weingut Gasser, Styria, Austria
other premiers: Festival Elektrokomplex 12.12.1999 at Rhiz Wien,
Stadtapotheke Trofaiach (Austria) 22.09.2000,
Experimental Intermedia New York 15.12.2000,
Sound Lab Nagoya City University, Japan  19.01.2001
 

O.zon  (1997)
interactive composition for piano solo and multi channeling

at Stift St.Lambrecht, Austria

The dynamics of the piano, played by the taiwanese pianist Chuang Se-Lien, is triggering a computersystem, which then is accompanying her play with sampled and computer generated sound in a multi channel perfomance.

concept and Max programming: Andreas Weixler
prepeared piano and performance: Se-Lien Chuang

premiere 2.8.97 at 14th artists meeting St. Lambrecht, Austria;
other premiers. 3.11.97 Institut for Electronic Music,Graz, Austria, 12.05.99 at the 21st internationale weeks of contemporary Music, Lueneburg, Germany
duration :12´
 

u/hhua-ghua  (1996)
interactive realtime audio processing for prepared piano

The sound contemporary playing techniques of a preperad piano is processed in realtime by the computersystem ISPW (IRCAM Sound Prcessing Wokrstation) programmed in Max on a NeXT computer.
The sound will be frozen, sounding like an endless reverbration, and then is filtered, so the computer can be played as an musical instrument with the choice of pitch and color of the electronic sound generated out of the live sound of the piano. The composition is also controlled by a sequence of a Macintosh computer.
 

Se-Lien Chuang, prepared piano
Andreas Weixler, ISPW (Ircam Sound Processing Workstation), composition
Duration: 12 min
Studios: Institute for Elektroacoustic Vienna and Institut for Electronic Music, Graz, Austria

premiere:  Festival Elektronischer Frühling 96, Wien 23.4.96
 

the cat and the mouse (1998)       ca.12´00
interactive realtime computermusic for electric guitar, piano, interactive communication and ISPW audio processing

live in Lueneburg, Germany

The sound contemporary playing techniques of a preperad piano is processed in realtime by the computersystem ISPW (IRCAM Sound Prcessing Wokrstation) programmed in Max.
An other computers system programmed in Max for Macintosh is the hidden communication system bewteen the 2 player (Andreas Weixler, guitar, Se-Lien Chuang piano) and the controlling of the ISPW (Thomas and Wolfgang Musil). So improvisation becomes a more complex situation of improvisation.

concept & prepared piano: Se-Lien CHUANG
ISPW- Max: Wolfgang MUSIL (Lueneburg), Thomas MUSIL (Graz)
electric guitar & Opcode- Max: Andreas WEIXLER

premiere: at the 21st internationale weeks of contemporary Music, Lueneburg, Germany 12.05.99
other premiers: ESC Labor/Graz at the V: NM Festivals 18. 05.1999
Duration: ca.12´00
 

 - - - - - - - in C  (1998)
realtime processing for electric guitar, piano, interactive communication and ISPW audio processing

Se-Lien Chuang, composition and piano
Andreas Weixler, Opcode Max programming and electric guitar
Wolfgang Musil, ISPW-Max programming
Studios: Opcode-Max programming at Atelier Avant,
ISPW-Max programming Institute for Elektroacoustic Vienna

premiere: at the Alte Schmiede/Kunstverein Wien, Festivals Elektronischer Frühling ´98 Westöstlicher Divan:  Taiwan in Wien - Wien in Taiwan 29/04/1998

c.) Video

INFINITY op. 1 - 4
Art Video 2003

in Pusan, South Corea

Se-Lien Chuang  video & concept
Andreas Weixler  computer music

audiovisual composition/installation

the room is breathing slowly, one breath takes 7 minutes, so it is worth to stay in the room longer to receipt the inifinite movement in this audiovisual composition.
the video is created by using infinite video feedback controlled by the artist Se-lien Chuang, the music is the feedback of a short click in an infinite electroacoustic room.

Premiere 3rd of December. 2003, Busan International Digital Technology Music Festival
The Mail Hall, Busan Cultural Center
 

Lauf-auf
audio visual composition by Se-Lien Chuang 2000

in Nagoya, Japan - Graz, Austria
© Chuang Se-Lien

commission of Werkstadt Graz
Duration: 55´´ ;

The video is about running and made as piece of art for the city marathon of Graz 2000,

Studio: video at Visual Design Lab/Nagoya City University, School of Design and Architecture, Japan
sound at Atelier Avant, Graz, Austria
premiere; available on CD-R Marathon 2000,  08.10.2000
other premiers: Experimental Intermedia, New York, USA 15.12.2000
Nagoya City University, Japan 19.01.2001
selected for ISEA 02, Symposium of Electronic Art, in Nagoya, Japan
 

blue elephant
computer animationen by Se-Lien Chuang, computer music: Andreas Weixler

at SIBGRAPI Gramado, Brazil
© Chuang Se-Lien

published at video edition SIBGRAPI 2000 Video festival, Gramado, Brazil
DVD Edition SAMT 1, 2003, Bruckner-University, Linz

Trinity
computer animationen by Se-Lien Chuang, computer music: Andreas Weixler

at Kiew, Russia
© Chuang Se-Lien

Lini-en  1998        Dauer : 4'30''
8-track multi channeling composition with video projection by Chuang Se-Lien

in Sarvar / Hungary
© Chuang Se-Lien

premiers:
*ADAT multi channeling Version: under the title" Die Kraft ist die Linie " at Elektronischer Frühling 98/Vienna, WestöstlicherDivan: Taiwan in Wien - Wien in Taiwan, 29.04.1998 and at Alte Schmiede/KunstVerein Wien- Kino fürs Ohr, 03.07.1998, Festival ElektroKomplex ´98 in Wien (29.06-05.07.1998)

*Video Version: at IMAGES ACOUSTiQUES´98 at Bruckner- Conservatorium Linz - (1993-1998) 5 years anniversary of SAMT (Studio for Advanced Music & Media Technology), 08.06.1998
and at IEM (Institute of Electronic Music/Graz), 26.03.1999, Atelier concert of the concert series die andere saite and on 18.05.1999 at ESC im labor /Graz, V:NM Festivals (Verein zur Förderung und Verbreitung Neuer Musik)- 3 days extraordinary music 18.- 20. MAI 1999
International Summer Meeting of Electroacoustic Music in Sarvar/Ungarn, 30 Juli 1999,
Experimental Intermedia New York, 15.12.2000
Images Acoustiques, DVD Präsentation des Studio SAMT in der Galerie Maerz, Linz, 28. Mai 2003.
Logos Tetrahedron, Gent, Belgium, 8 channel sound spatialisation, 23rd of September 2004

Erschienen auf in der Edition SAMT DVD 1 2003
 

Catch in the Cage (1998/99)
art video by Se-Lien Chuang, computer music  by Karlheinz Essl, consulting: Andreas Weixler

im Schömerhaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
© Chuang Se-Lien

description: artifically processed video based on the video documentation of  "In the Cage",

premiere: Installation at the Museum of Schömerhaus/Klosterneuburg, Austria  21.02.1998
other presentations at  IEM (Institute of Electronic Music/Graz), 26.03.1999,  Atelier concert of the concert series die andere saite  and on 18.05.1999 at ESC im labor /Graz, V:NM Festivals (Verein zur Förderung und Verbreitung Neuer Musik)- 3 days extraordinary music 18.- 20. MAI
1999 International Summer Meeting of Electroacoustic Music in Sarvar/Ungarn, 30 Juli 1999,
Experimental Intermedia New York, 15.12.2000

published at video edition austria/release 01
 

Ouroboros (2000)
Video on the Genom project by Gertrude Moser-Wagner, interactive sound modulation by Andreas Weixler

at Durham Art Gallery, Canada

premiere  08. 09 2000 Durham Art Gallery, Canada
other presentations: Kentler International Drawing Space, New York. 7.10. 2000

Luftloch (1997)
video, 21 min, color, documentation video by Gertrude Moser-Wagner
camera/edit Anna Steininger, music by Andreas Weixler and Se-Lien Chuang

premiere among others:
1997 "Sauerstoff", Künstlerbegegnung St Lambrecht
1998 "Tra Srittura ed Immagine", Villa Gori di Stiava, Massarosa, Italien
1998 Experimental Intermedia Foundation, NY, USA