I created a framework for my friends at the Nouveau Classical Project. Here is a description of the project by the org:
In & Around C is a participatory music and art installation. Guests walk onto an enlarged music staff as musicians read and interpret the “notes” on the staff. These “notes” consist of the heads of the guests, which are captured via a webcam and transmitted to a wall-mounted screen. Like a game of shadow tag, participants and musicians have a nuanced, symbiotic, interactive relationship that completes the piece. During the interim between performances, a phantom ‘musician’ will perform: Gabe Taubman has designed a program, In C++, that converts participants’ figures into musical notation and plays music from a computer. The goal of In & Around C is to create a deeper level of engagement between art and the public through physical and aural immersion. Composers have created frameworks with varying styles to guide musicians in interpreting the still images of people on the staff.
Come out and see it! I’ve also posted the instructions of the work below. Enjoy!
Info
Gallery One Twenty Eight- 128 Rivington between Essex and Ludlow, New York, NY 10002
August 17-30, 2012
Sunday: 1-6 pm; Wednesday: 1-7 pm; Thursday thru Saturday: 1-8 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Performance schedule coming soon
FREE, but donations are appreciated! Suggested Donation: $10 Donate in advance.
RSVPTeam
Mad Mohre, Artist
Sugar Vendil, Director and Producer
Tara Scott and Yoobin Whang, Production AssistantsPERFORMERS
The Nouveau Classical Project, of course…
Ashley Bathgate, cellist
Vicky Chow, pianist
Tristan McKay, composer and pianist
Owen Weaver, percussionist
Hotel Elefant
LAMA EnsembleCOMPOSERS
Jeremiah Bornfield
Glenn Cornett
Patrick Grant
Trevor Gureckis
Eric Lemmon
Alex Weston
