Stevie Wishart's 'The sound of Gesture'

For Violin, Sensors and Computer by Stevie Wishart

£10.00 plus packaging & postage

Over the Next Horizon excerpt from 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

Wishart has directed the development of an audio and gestural interface to control the computer as a violinist. The computer generated music moves between the speakers of the sound-dome to create sonic clouds around the acoustic sound and physical placement of the violin. ZKM|Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie, Germany.

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Tracks

CD 36:46

  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

DVD 36:44

  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

bonus features

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

Credits

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

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

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.

For further information please visit : www.steviewishart.com or contact : LOGANARTS MANAGEMENT

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