The Sound of Gesture

music for violin, sensors and computer

Stevie wishart sound of gesture

Released as Special Edition CD/DVD Netwerk, Aalst, 12 June 2010, MORE...

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The Sound of Gesture

In everyday life we look without seeing, hear without listening: when a car passes we think “car” -we may not even notice what colour it is or pause to identify its engine from the engine sound. In life we concentrate on the basics in order to get along. As a composer and performer I want my audienceto immerse themselves in the world of sounds Ihave so carefully constructed. In the Sound of Gesture I hope that my musical gestures (those engaged in the act of playing the violin) will engage the audience, to lead them towards the various electronic transformations of the violin-sound as they emerge in the soundscape. Just as a pianist builds anticipation when lifting a hand before bringing it down onto the keyboard, so my visible gestures - themselves triggers to the sounds that accompany or follow - encourage the audience to expect what comes next and to notice when it happens. The Sound of Gesture is all about intensifying the listening experience.

Stevie wishart sound of gesture
stevie wishart sound of gesture

"Over the next horizon": excerpt from THE SOUND OF GESTURE by composer and performer STEVIE WISHART, film by Yvonne MOHR and filmed and recored at ZKM Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany.

ZKM Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie

Tracks

CD

  1. Soft Diffusion 3:23
  2. Soft Diffusion Recalled 2:11
  3. Mono-stereo Study 1 1:59
  4. Over The Next Horizon 5:04
  5. Delayed Reaction 2:22
  6. Frozen Particles 10:17
  7. I Touch You 2:54
  8. Mono-stereo Study 2.1 & 2.2 3:21
  9. Slow Motion 5:15
    36:46

DVD

  1. Soft Diffusion 5.03
  2. Mono-Stereo Study 2.2 1:35
  3. Over the Next Horizon 5:08
  4. Delayed Reaction 2:19
  5. Frozen Particles 10.22
  6. I Touch You 2:35
  7. Soft Diffusion Recalled 2:11
  8. Mono-Stereo Study 1 2:17
  9. Slow Motion 5:14 36:44

bonus features :

  1. Mono-Stereo Study 1 (alternative visuals) 1:56
  2. Conversation with Stevie Wishart and Ludger Brümmer 47:24

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Stevie Wishart : concept, composer and performer | Yvonne Mohr : visuals | Interviewer : Professor Ludger Brümmer, Leitung des Instituts für Musik und Akustik am ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie

The Sound of Gesture is supported by the Flemish Government / Met steun ven de Vlaamse overheid.

Project supported by ZKM, Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, Germany (Professon Peter Weibel and Professor Ludger Brümmer); FoAM, Brussels, Belgium; Q-O2, Belgium; Large Sciart Grant from the Welcome Trust (2005); Dr Ian Winter (The Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge) and the ICA London.

Live event and installation developed with support from ADK, Akademie der Künst, Berlin and Netwerk / centrum voor hedendaagse Künst, Aalst Belgium.

Stevie Wishart, www.steviewishart.com | Ⓟ 2010, Stevie Wishart | Ⓒ 2010, Stevie Wishart | Stevie Wishart SW001CD-DVD

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