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Spectral Strands/ Saariaho: Vent nocturne 

(2010) 

by Garth Knox performing viola (at times with electronic treatments) and Brian O'Reilly manipulating real time visualizations. The music as composed by Kaija Saariaho.

Spectral Strands/ Saariaho: Vent nocturne is a part of a collection of works commissioned from the the ZKM's (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany) Institut für Musik & Akustik and the Institut für Bildmedien.

The moving images use source materials based on extreme close up footage Brian O'Reilly shot of Garth Knox performing on the viola, then processed using Tom Demeyer's ImX software, with further editing and transformations using FCP to create the fixed form presented here.

 

This work along with works by Scelsi, Sciarrino, Edwards and Grisey are to be released as a DVD titled Spectral Strands: for Viola and Visuals by Wergo's ZKM Edition.

 

Source: Brian O'Reilly on Vimeo

 

 

Spectral Strands/ Saariaho: Vent nocturne, stripes, Live Visuals, Code

Reading

Film as Film: Formal Experiment in Film 1910-1975 (1979) is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery in London from 3 May until 17 June 1979 on rare, essential and controversial avant-garde film history.

Notation. Calculation and Form in the Arts (2008) is a comprehensive catalogue (in German) edited by Dieter Appelt, Hubertus von Amelunxen and Peter Weibel which accompanied an exhibition of the same name at the Academy of the Arts, Berlin and the ZKM | Karlsruhe. (ZKM)

Notations 21 (2009) by Theresa Sauer features illustrated musical scores from more than 100 international composers, all of whom are making amazing breakthroughs in the art of notation. Notations 21 is a celebration of innovations in musical notation, employing an appreciative aesthetic for both the aural and visual beauty of these creations. The musical scores in this edition were created by composers whose creativity could not be confined by the staff and clef of traditional western notation, but whose musical language can communicate with the contemporary audience in a uniquely powerful way. (Notations 21 Project)

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Michael Fakesch: Don't stop (2007) by Tina Frank was created as part of Michael Fakesch's (ex Funkstörung) project Vidos, a video anthology inspired by his latest album Dos. Don't stop shows non-stop rotations and movements, a simple translation of the title. While the music's speed changes from slow to fast like chewing gum so does the image. (Tina Frank)

Steve Reich: Second Movement (2006) - D-Fuse, in collaboration with director and designer César Pesquera performed with the London Symphony Orchestra for Steve Reich's 70th Birthday concert at the Barbican Hall featuring live video mixed to Reich's The Desert Music. (D-Fuse, PDF)

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