[Apr 25-27] David Galbraith: Density

Density is a generative installation of abstract animation with six-channel sound based on a vintage mathematics reference text. Reversing the traditional visual music mapping from musical pitch to color hue, Density structures the sonic realm through constraints derived from the visual domain. The animation is created with Galbraith’s custom software which simultaneously generates sound via granular synthesis controlled by the image track, sparking the interplay between image and sound. Continue reading

Harvestworks International Art Collective presents

Harvestworks International Art Collective (HIAC) is an experimental multimedia group which works with music, art and technology. Founded in 2013 at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, this New York based group is comprised of artists, musicians, designers and technologists of different backgrounds and nationalities. The group works with various traditional… Continue reading

[Apr 11-15] Peter d’Agostino: World-Wide-Walks / ICE

World-Wide-Walks / between earth & water / ICE is a video-web-sound installation of Peter d’Agostino’s video walks performed at glaciers in Iceland, Alaska & Argentina. These sites at the top and bottom of the globe provide compelling evidence of escalating man-made climatic changes. The exhibition is presented with a surround-soundscape composed by Reese Williams as evolving resonant glacial dynamics within the complex array of video images, maps, and texts. Continue reading

[Apr 5/6] Sonic Archaeology Workshop

The workshop will equip participants with a range of practical techniques for audible, forensic examination of both the material and immaterial. A series of experimental situations will be constructed, investigating materials through audible excitation, transformation and detection including ultrasound, light modulation, surface playback, and electrochemistry. The workshop will also examine classical techniques for the study of electronic voice phenomena (EVP), and suggest new detection strategies. Continue reading

[Mar 28-30] Jenn Grossman: Quantum Echoes

“Quantum Echoes” will explore the notion of the eternal through a multi-channel sound installation. How can the effects of sound shift our perception from timed to timeless? Directly enacting Pauline Oliveros’s “Deep Listening” theories, John Cage’s philosophies on silence and meditation, Steve Reich’s method of gradual composition, and Karlheinz Stockhausen’s thoughts on the self-contained moment, the installation will blur our boundaries of time and space. Continue reading

[Mar 26 – Apr 18] Make Art and Music with Leap Motion ONLINE Class

Make Art and Music with Leap Motion is a 3-week ONLINE course on how to use the Leap Motion as a controller for artistic and musical expression using Processing. The Leap Motion is a small device capable of ultra-sensitive tracking of hands and fingers, enabling the creation of precise gestural controllers to manipulate visual and musical instruments in real-time. Applications covered will include digital painting, triggering musical instruments, real-time communication with other creative software, and getting Leap data into web applications. Continue reading

[Mar 15/16] Interactive Music with Web Audio / HTML5 Javascript API

With expanding adoption in both desktop and mobile browsers, Web Audio is the new frontier for rich and powerful audio applications. Web Audio is an HTML5 Javascript API for audio input, playback and synthesis for creating real-time musical applications all in the browser! Explore the wealth of possibilities this technology enables in a two day workshop where students will build their own browser-based instruments, visualizers and effects. Continue reading

[Mar 14] Les Frères Bobine: Induction

Benjamin Thigpen and Stefano Bassanese are Paris-based electroacoustic composers working regularly at GRM and fascinated by electromagnetism and gesturality. Their recent sonic experiments involve the use of inductors, coils, small metallic objects and computers to generate silent magnetic feedback loops. At Harvestworks, following a concert in the Experimental Intermedia Festival, they will explain and demonstrate these techniques. Continue reading

[Mar 6-11] Sabine Gruffat + Paul Geluso: A Kiss of The Earth

A Kiss of the Earth is a responsive three-screen computer-animated video and sound installation inspired by Sergei Diaghilev’s first production of The Rite of Spring. The sound composition is composed entirely of Stravinsky’s score performed digitally to emulate music and sound effects. Utilizing real-time weather data and text messaging as a driver for the animation, this work reconceives the The Rite of Spring as a commentary on a real contemporary sacrifice: the increased exploitation of our planet and its natural resources in the face of economic and political pressure. Continue reading