In this lecture/ performance digital persona Perfect Paul presents the external digitally controlled human facial display as a site for artistic expression and discusses its theoretical and political implications. In a live classic human versus computer show down it will demonstrate the superior qualities of digital versus neural facial control… Continue reading
Only seats for “spectators” available: Participants will learn the programming and electronics involved in animating mechanical objects using realtime MIDI control and sequencing techniques. By examining physical examples of instruments and artwork, the seminar will explore a practical approach to constructing mechanical musical instruments and animatronic puppets as well as various… Continue reading
The most exciting change in the newest version of Max is arguably code generation. This is available as the “Gen” add-on to Max6, and it is a groundbreaking new way to manipulate audio and video signals in a graphical programming environment. In this class, Adam Rokhsar will be leading a… Continue reading
The most exciting change in the newest version of Max is arguably code generation. This is available as the “Gen” add-on to Max6, and it is a groundbreaking new way to manipulate audio and video signals in a graphical programming environment. In this class, Adam Rokhsar will be leading a… Continue reading
This workshop is geared towards musicians, composers, researchers, sound artists, and programmers who would like to gain a greater understanding of modern spatial audio techniques – stereo, 5.1, N.1), binaural/transaural, VBAP, Ambisonics, and Wave Field Synthesis. The workshop will take place in the Arup Soundlab™, a dedicated 2nd-order ambisonics listening… Continue reading
Celebrating the successful 2011 New York Electronic Art Festival, Harvestworks presents the WAVE(length)s: Electronic Music and Media Party @ M1-5 52 Walker Street in Manhattan (btw Broadway and Church). Proceeds will benefit Harvestworks and the New York Electronic Art Festival. Oct 18 WAVE(length)s: Electronic Music and Media Benefit Party Tuesday… Continue reading
To coincide with the Cycling74 Expo at NYU Poly in Brooklyn, Harvestworks will present a new multiple channel sound and video work by WvS and Richard Garet in our gallery. Featuring a 10’ sound cube in dialogue with an external room system, the work explores the concept of sound spacialization… Continue reading
“Eigenspace” a composition for Augmented Violin (IRCAM) and multi-channel diffusion commissioned by Harvestworks. Taken from “eigenvalue”, a mathematical function used in analyzing the bowing movement, in “Eigenspace” Kimura’s musical expression is extracted by the bowing motion sensor technology, interacting with image and sounds in realtime. She will also perform her… Continue reading
Liminal is a multimedia performance that continues the tradition of visual music by combining new inventive tools such as the VideoBass, French avant garde experimental cinema tricks and customized music/video software (Max, Jitter, VDMX and Module 8). This collaboration of music and video crosses genres: experimental jazz, neo-abstract expressionism, puppetry… Continue reading
Toktek (Holland) and Simon Berz (Switzerland) battle it out in supercharged music sessions. Playing their self-made electronic instruments/interfaces, they turn pure human emotion and body language into sound that results in a spasmic, sweaty conversation between toktek, Simon and their machines. toktek (NL) vs. Simon Berz (CH) Fri, October 7th… Continue reading
