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IMUSICIRCUS

Perry Hoberman

April 15
ComposerĀ Morton SubotnickĀ demonstrated and discussed his CD-ROM, “Making Music (& More),” a program which allowed children to experience the process of musical composition before undergoing training on a musical instrument.

 

April 24
Sound artist and composerĀ John DriscollĀ presented the performance system he developed for “Cyber-Mesa,” a 25-minute composition commissioned by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and the Boston Ballet.

 

April 26
IMUSICIRCUS: A music/ film/video/performance realization of John Cage’s “multidimensional media feast” IMUSICIRCUS.

 

May 5
Multimedia producerĀ Ayelet SelaĀ discussed the ramifications of “Gender & Computer Games,” asserting that the games were not gender neutral, but appealed to boys and often leave girls cold.

 

November 16
ArtistĀ Perry HobermanĀ presented “Bar Code Hotel,” his multi-user interactive virtual reality art environment modeled on the SGI Onyx. Objects were controlled via bar-code pens that shaped movement as well as emotional and psychological barriers.

 

November 17
Dan O’Sullivan, creator of the interactive phone-in, cable-access hit, “Dan’s Apartment,” demonstrated and discussed systems for interactivity in art.

 

November 19
Sound artistĀ Mario van HorrikĀ discussed his kinetic sound installation, “Dionysus’ Scales,” and lead a panel discussion on art and technology.

 

November 22
ComposerĀ Robert AshleyĀ discussed the creation of his unique contemporary compositions, which “embrace everything from ketchup to the history of the world.”

 

November 29
ArtistĀ Ellen Zweig‘s multi-channel video installation “Critical Mass” tells the story of the development of the atomic bomb.

Morton Subotnick

Morton Subotnick is an American composer of electronic music, best
known for his Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a
record company, Nonesuch. He was one of the founding members of California Institute
of the Arts, where he taught for many years. Subotnick has worked extensively with
interactive electronics and multi-media, co-founding the San Francisco Tape Music
Center with Ramon Sender, and often collaborating with his wife Joan La Barbara.
Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and
multi-media performance and an innovator in works involving instruments and other
media, including interactive computer music systems. Most of his music calls for a
computer part, or live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizes many of the
important technological breakthroughs in the history of the genre.

Ayelet Sela

Multimedia producer discussed the ramifications of “Gender & Computer Games,” asserting that the games were not gender neutral, but appealed to boys and often leave girls cold.

Perry Hoberman

Artist presented “Bar Code Hotel,” his multi-user interactive virtual reality art environment modeled on the SGI Onyx. Objects were controlled via bar-code pens that shaped movement as well as emotional and psychological barriers.

Dan O’Sullivan

creator of the interactive phone-in, cable-access hit, “Dan’s Apartment,” demonstrated and discussed systems for interactivity in art.

Mario van Horrik

Sound artist discussed his kinetic sound installation, “Dionysus’ Scales,” and lead a panel discussion on art and technology.

Robert Ashley

Composer discussed the creation of his unique contemporary compositions, which “embrace everything from ketchup to the history of the world.”

Ellen Zweig

Artist’s multi-channel video installation “Critical Mass” tells the
story of the development of the atomic bomb.