The betAV performance series

Léon McCarthy’s betAV audio-visual performance series is his effort to make audiences aware of the impact that industrial fishing practices are having on the seas and our world at large. Taking his lead from the 2009 documentary ‘The End of the Line’, Léon repurposes some of its video content to present his live audio-visual interpretation. Motion graphics illustrate data on the yearly catches of yearly of pelagic fish in the Mediterranean. Further animations present data on the health benefits of eating fish and furthermore, steps we can take to maintain fish stocks into the future.

The series engages with Léon’s PhD research as he his seeking to harness audiovisual performance as a medium for conversation with an audience – and believes he can champion topics of social importance in this manner.

The most recent performance, betAV06, will take place this May 9th in Singapore at the DigitalArtWeeks festival.

Below are links to websites where one can further inform oneself on this topic.

CITES

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)

http://www.cites.org/

Sea Shepherd

An activist group supporting the welfare of the seas

http://www.seashepherd.org/

BiteBack

A movement seeking to halt the killing of endangered fish

http://www.bite-back.com/

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

http://www.iucn.org/

ICCAT

International Commission for the conservation of Atlantic Tunas

http://www.iccat.es/en/

The End of the Line – documentary film on the overfishing of our seas:

http://endoftheline.com/film

betav03:
A performance at the Sugarclub, Dublin, July 2012, as part of the Dublin as part of European Science Week and the Imagine Film

betaV03 – A live audiovisual performance from CSIS, University of Limerick on Vimeo.

iNTERFACES Competition

Bernard Clarke, Masters in Music Technology, composition student and award-winning broadcaster with RTÉ Lyric FM, has been shortlisted for the iNTERFACES 10th Annual International Audiovisual Festival competition. His work, wrecked solitary here was created as part of the composition/dance composition project, a collaboration between DMARCs MA/MSc in Music Technology and the Irish World Academies Contemporary Dance Performance Masters programme. wrecked solitary here is made up of recorded samples of choreographer/performer Talia Marcela’s voice, recorded clips from the great Greek-American Soprano Maria Callas, sound effects such as vinyl crackles and pops, scratches and whooshes, record player turntables powering up and down, plus micro-fragments of Bizet’s Act II Gypsy Song from Carmen slowed down and rescored for reversed breaths and drums. The work was recently show cased at the Irish Contemporary Music Centre’s annual showcase at the National Concert Hall Dublin.

Morphons and Bions selected for MUME weekend, Sydney, Australia

Morphons and Bions, a real-time Pd composition utilising noise-based synthesis techniques, will be performed 16 June, 4pm, in the event called “Studies in Autonomy.” It will be held in Verbruggen Hall, Conservatorium.

Morphons and Bions marks an abrupt departure from using recorded sounds and moves into sound synthesis. When contemplating what makes recorded sounds so compelling, the immediate realisation was the inherent noise in an acoustic sound: the microfluctuations of amplitude, frequency content, durations, etc. By using white noise generators and digital “clicks,” Morphons and Bions attempts to tap into a new direction for sound synthesis. The noises are mediated by classical synthesis techniques such as additive synthesis, amplitude modulation and frequency modulation. Like earlier works, random and stochastic equations are used. However, in this work, they are used for timing, rhythms and durations, as well as controlling frequencies and amplitudes of modulating waveforms.

More about Musical Metacreation Weekend (MUME)

Listen to the stereo version of Morphons and Bions.

‘Dreams of the Jailed Dancer’ (2011) – Sazdov, selected for Days of Macedonian Music 2013

Sazdov’s composition ‘Dreams of the Jailed Dancer’ (2011) will received its multi-channel premier at this year’s Days of Macedonian Music. The concert will be held in the Museum of Skopje City, Friday 5th of April 2013.

CMC New Music Marathon 2013

Four MA/MSc Music Technology students, Caitlin Woods, Ian Fleming, Bernard Clarke and Michael Dean present compositions at the National Concert Hall as part of the Contemporary Music Centre New Music Marathon 2013. Two of these works will include performances developed in conjunction with UL’s Irish World Academy MA in Contemporary Dance Performance as part of the collaborative composition/choreography programme in Semester 1 and will involve dancers Talia Marcela (Mexico) and Kimberley Kendall (UK).

For more information: http://cmcireland.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/cmc-marathon/

Jurgen Simpson presents at Cinesonika 3

Jürgen Simpson presents at Cinesonika 3 (The Third International Film and Video Festival of Sound Design) conference

“The Dance of Making – The expanded role of sound in multi-screen film”

This paper discusses the challenges of composing and designing sound for multi-screen film and presents these in the context of “The Dance of Making”, a three-screen film installation by Mary Wycherley and Jürgen Simpson.

‘The Dance of Making’, a three screen HD Video Installation by Mary Wycherley with sound design by Jürgen Simpson, will be installed at the Foyle Arts Building University of Ulster from 15th to 17th February.

Sazdov on the Board for the Struga Musical Autumn 2013

Robert Sazdov has been invited by the Composers’ Association of Macedonia to join the artistic board and organising committee for the Struga Music Autumn 2013. The conference is the longest running music conference in the Republic of Macedonia and deals with a broad range of themes, including Byzantine music, ethnomusicology, and contemporary music.

http://www.plusinfo.mk/vest/67591/Strushka-muzichka-esen-si-dobi-nov-Odbor

Former MA student Timothy Schmele receives Luigi Russolo music prize

Timothy Schmele, 2010 MA in Music Technology graduate, has received 1st Prize at the 2012 Luigi Russolo electro-acoustic music prize:

The Russolo competition is one of the most prestigious contests for electro-acoustic composition. It began in 1979 as a homage to the painter and composer Luigi Russolo, the founder of noise music. Initially and over 40 years, the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Rusolo, was organised by Gian Franco Maffina and Rossana Maggia. After a short break, the competition returned in 2010 under the direction of Studio Forum (Annecy) within the Bruit de la neige Festival in collaboration with Gràcia Territori Sonor (LEM Festival, Barcelona).

This year, the contest will be held in two different locations, la Soierie de Faverges (France) and the Museum of Modern Art of Barcelona (MACBA, Spain).

The Luigi Russolo jury is composed of Rossana Maggia, Jean Louis Belmonte, Philippe Blanchard, Paul Clouvel, Pierre Coppier, Pierre Delnieppe, Pierre Jolivet, Sebastià Jovani, Renaud Martelet, Victor Nubla, Dmitry Vasilyev and Lucy Tcherno. The meeting took place on the 18th May 2012 at the centre culturel de la
Soierie as a part of the Bruit de la neige Festival. The 2012 edition of the competition received 69 compositions that arrived from 20 countries. The jury highlighted the great quality of the pieces and had much difficulty to generate the results. Finally after substantial deliberation, a list of 11 finalists was selected. The result is as follows:

1er Prix Russolo: « The common Perkins Scream » de Timothy Schmele (Germany)
2ème Prix Russolo: « Disembodied » de Steven Snethkamp (USA)
3ème Prix Russolo: « Plastic bourrée » de Carlos David Perales Cejudo (Spane)

SOURCE: http://www.studioforum.net/concours/2012/uk.html

DMARC Seminars going Live!

We are happy to announce that we will now be broadcasting live streams of our wednesday seminar series for those who are unable to attend the events in person. This wednesday we are operating a pilot stream to test the technology. Many thanks must go to David Moya Garcia and his colleagues at CRF Films (Cutting Room Floor) for making this happen. We also appreciate the help of Michael Chapman of ITD for facilitating this.

The details of the streaming server will be included in future posts.

Composer’s Association of Macedonia commission Robert Sazdov

The Composer’s Association of Macedonia has commissioned Robert Sazdov to compose a piece for Tapan (Macedonian traditional drum) and multi-channel tape. The piece will be performed by acclaimed Macedonian percussionist Ratko Dautovski (Dragan Dautovski Quartet, Dazhbog, Djivan Gasparian) at the Days of Macedonian Music festival 2013.

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