Event overview
**NB Change of venue to RHB 256** Music Research Series & Unit for Sound Practice Research present a lecture by Ryo Ikeshiro "Studio Composition: Live audiovisualisation using emergent generative systems"
Abstract:
The aim of this research is to explore new creative outcomes of the use of emergent generative systems as material in audio and audiovisual experimental art. The portfolio includes the following compositions: Construction in Self, Construction in Zhuangzi and Construction in Kneading, the last two each comprising of three separate pieces. The mathematical systems used are the Lorenz dynamical system and the Mandelbox fractal. Through considering their potential for emergence, the aesthetic possibilities that generative systems offer in the context of experimental computational art are explored. The approach is initially investigated in the audio domain in CiS, a generative electronic music work. CiZ and CiK, the two main sets of works that comprise the portfolio, then explore the technique of “live audiovisualisation”: the simultaneous sonification and visualisation of the same source of data in real-time. Aesthetic considerations of the use of data as sound and moving image and their combination is discussed with reference to research into auditory displays, experimental film and perception. The techniques used include my approach of “self-similar sonification”: the presentation of data as audio at multiple time-scales, including at audio rate by means of non-standard synthesis or audification. All the works are implemented in the programming environment Max/MSP/Jitter.
Biography:
Ryo Ikeshiro is a UK-based Japanese interdisciplinary artist. His works range from live audiovisual performances and interactive installations to generative music pieces and scored compositions. He has presented his works internationally at music and art festivals, as well as at academic conferences. He is featured in the Electronic Music volume of the Cambridge Introductions to Music series. He has also published articles in journals such as Organised Sound.
He was originally classically trained and studied composition with Silvina Milstein at Kings College London and with Robin Holloway at Cambridge. He then branched out into electronic music and other genres. The meeting of these two worlds informs his practice which explores computational aesthetics that extend beyond the usual imitation of human behaviour and art and music. He completed a practice-based PhD at Goldsmiths with Michael Young and Mick Grierson as supervisors. He works as a visiting tutor and he also curates events, exhibitions and discussions.
All welcome to attend these public lectures.
Dates & times
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| 30 Sep 2014 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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