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Alternate Controllers

Andrea Polli, David Stout, Shadow Puppies and Lemur GuitarBots, Bruce Gremo, Jeff Feddersen, James Fei, Guillermo Brown, Nicolas Collins, Leroy Jenkins, Mary Griffin

Featuring Joe Gilmore, Steve Symons, Chris Jordan, Laura Steele, Robert Lisek, Zoe Beloff, Marc Lafia, Terry Nauheim

Alternate Controllers
Harvestworks presents “Alternate Controllers,” a series of eight concerts focusing on contemporary intersections of art and technology. Central to this series is the exciting way that musicians and composers assimilate various machines into their creative processes. From Bruce Gremo and Jeff Fedderson’s compositions for shakuhachi and digital mouthpiece to Andrea Polli’s translation of evolving climate data into live sound sculpture, the presenting artists not only expand the boundaries of traditional instrumentation but also humanize electronics through creative means.

Andrea Polli
March 14, 2005
Andrea Polli will perform works using climate data from the “Heat and the Heartbeat of the City” and the “Arctic Oscillation” projects created in collaboration with Joe Gilmore,UK web artist and programmer. Also, Steve Symons (www.muio.org) will present his new USB system for sensing and effecting the real world.

David Stout
March 19 2005
“SignalFire” (2003) – a video-sound performance exploring interactive techniques to generate sound and image from a digitally generated stream of video noise. A Harvestworks Interactive Residency.

Shadow Puppies and Lemur GuitarBots
March 21, 2005
Shadow Puppies and Lemur GuitarBots – a cutting edge trio which conjures rich. complex, and entrancing worlds of electronic sound and vision in real-time. Nick Didkovsky and Hans Tammen stretch the boundries of the electric guitar with an arsenal of objects, electronics, and homebrew computer software. Simultaneasly, Kurt Ralske interactively captures and processes video using digital technology of his own design. Shadow Puppies will present the New York premiere of “Prometheus,” and the Lemur MultiTouch Control Surface will be featured.

Bruce Gremo and Jeff Feddersen
March 28, 2005
Bruce Gremo and Jeff Feddersen will perform new compositions for shakuhachi (a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute), and the “Cilia,” an electronic instrument/controller inspired by the shakuhachi. The Cilia mouthpiece is capable of responding to the shakuhachi’s complex way of generating pitch but provides direct control over the computer sound generating preocesses. and does not have a sound of its own. A Harvestworks Interactive Residency.

James Fei
April 4, 2005
James Fei will perform new solo compositions for live electronics controlled by unusual analog interfaces. Also, a work by Chris Jordan from SHARE, the community for portable performers, for the Lemur Multitouch Control Surface.

Guillermo Brown
April 11, 2005
Selections from “Black Dreams 1.0” on laptop and Zen Drum accompanied by video by Laura Steele.

Nicolas Collins
April 18, 2005
Nicolas Collins will perform two semi-composed works relying on ensembles of “hacked” circuits: “Bower Bird.” for battery activated loudspeakers; and “Sleight of Hand” for flesh-controlled portable radios. Both works were created in the “Hardware Hacking” Workshop at Harvetworks.

Leroy Jenkins and Mary Griffin
April 25, 2005
Leroy Jenkins and Mary Griffin will be performing compositions with live video control from “Coincidents” – a new theatre work.

New Data – A Digital Media Arts Exhibition
November 17 – December 10, 2005
Using the internet, interactive installation, sound, film and video, the artists in New Data make art by collecting data – literally and metaphorically.

Robert Lisek & David Stout
November 19, 2005
Zoe Beloff
December 3, 2005
Marc Lafia & Terry Nauheim
December 10, 2005

Andrea Polli

Andrea Polli will perform works using climate data from the “Heat and
the Heartbeat of the City” and the “Arctic Oscillation” projects created in
collaboration with Joe Gilmore,UK web artist and programmer. Also, Steve Symons
(www.muio.org) will present his new USB system for sensing and effecting the real
world.

David Stout

David Stout is an interactive video-sound artist and one of the worlds
leading laptop performers exploring real-time cross-synthesis of sound and image. He
is the recipient of the Harvestworks Interactive Technology Award and the Sun Micro
Systems Award for Academic Excellence (2004) and a nominee for the both the WTN
World Technology Award (2003) and the International Media Art Prize (2004). His work
in interactive media includes electro-acoustic scores for stage and screen, live
cinema, video-dance, data-base narrative, noise performance and telematic video
events that emphasize multi-screen projection as an extension of performer, audience
and environment. David currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Shadow Puppies and Lemur GuitarBots

Shadow Puppies and Lemur GuitarBots – a cutting edge trio which conjures rich. complex, and entrancing worlds of electronic sound and vision in real-time. Nick Didkovsky and Hans Tammen stretch the boundries of the electric guitar with an arsenal of objects, electronics, and homebrew computer software. Simultaneasly, Kurt Ralske interactively captures and processes video using digital technology of his own design. Shadow Puppies will present the New York premiere of “Prometheus,” and the Lemur MultiTouch Control Surface will be featured.

Bruce Gremo and Jeff Feddersen

Bruce Gremo and Jeff Feddersen will perform new compositions for shakuhachi (a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute), and the “Cilia,” an electronic instrument/controller inspired by the shakuhachi. The Cilia mouthpiece is capable of responding to the shakuhachi’s complex way of generating pitch but provides direct control over the computer sound generating preocesses. and does not have a sound of its own. A Harvestworks Interactive Residency.

Guillermo Brown

Guillermo Brown (Music) for development of a live solo and ensemble
performance piece for CD, mp3 and vinyl focusing on the absorption of perfected jazz
techniques into contemporary musical expression. Guillermo is a musican/perfromer
and member of the David S. Ware Quartet.

Nicolas Collins

Nicolas Collins will perform two semi-composed works relying on ensembles of “hacked” circuits: “Bower Bird.” for battery activated loudspeakers; and “Sleight of Hand” for flesh-controlled portable radios. Both works were created in the “Hardware Hacking” Workshop at Harvetworks.

Leroy Jenkins and Mary Griffin

Leroy Jenkins and Mary Griffin will be performing compositions with live video control from “Coincidents” – a new theatre work.

Robert Lisek & David Stout

Robert Lisek & David Stout perform together on November 19, 2005.

Marc Lafia & Terry Nauheim

Marc Lafia & Terry Nauheim will perform together on December 10, 2005.