Jean Piché / Zack. Settel Oct. 2007
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The artistic creations to be realized in the scope of this project are described below:
SIWALIK
For four percussionists and twelve video screens/channels.
Jean Piché
Concept
Four percussionists will perform in a high ceilinged rectangular space dispersed in an array of 12 tridimentionally disposed high-definition video screens of different sizes (see tile display diagram). The percussionists perform on portable 18” x 12” surfaces attached to themselves parade-style, providing freedom of movement. The percussionists are equipped with position sensors. Trigger signals from each persussionnist are relayed wirelessly to a remote control station where sound/image control/generation takes place.
By moving about the space, each of the percussionist controls (via the position sensor) the position of a virtual camera that looks onto a part of a composed scene inside the computer(s). This part of the scene is projected on a fixed group of three screens. Thus, a careful choreography of the percussionists will alow for a variable “sub-composition” of four individual views over the 12 screens depending directly on the variable position of each percusionist. For example, positioning the four percussionists in a straight line facing the public may result in a rendition of the complete scene over the 12 screens. In another situation, the positioning of the percussionists in a circle may be mapped to the representation of the same part of the scene from four different points of view over the 12 screens.
The nature and behaviour of objects included in the composed scene (2D video, particle generators, text, etc..) will all be precomposed. The performers control the angle of view into this scene. Experiments will also be made to determine the level of performer control that can practically be assigned to the speed of the visual material. The faster one plays (or “triggers”) the faster will the frames of the animated scene will advance.
Content
The material for the scene will be filmed and generated. Some of the material will be different kinds of 2D and 3D abstractions but the running thread and original visual data/material will be concerned with Himalayan geography, using satelitte imaging, geothermal data and topological mappings from the lower Siwalik hills of Northern India, where the author has reside.
Duration of the work : 45 min
Siwalik will be premiered at the Elektra Festival in 2009 or 2010
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Opéra en éspace 3D audiovisuelle
Zack Settel
Opéra en éspace 3D audiovisuelle, situates its four singers (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and public within the same “augmented” audiovisual space. The performance space, equipped with multiple projection screens and loudspeakers, provides an audiovisual space, through which, “flow” the opera’s elements: libretto text, score, electronic voice processing regions, musical accompaniment and imagery. The singers voices are captured and accompanied by these elements which eventually reach members of the public located elsewhere in the space.
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anamorphis: coherent perspective
anamorphis: incoherent perspective
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Additional Information
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Volumetric Displays and Display Simulation
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Settel has been creating pieces for several years using environments with 3D audiovisual rendering and projection systems. In an early installation work, Bruits de L’Esprit music is spatialized and loosely synchronized with the 2D image. In a later installation work, Espace-V the and Soundscape Pour la Voix, prototype for Soundscape, a 3D audiovisual environment, was used to provide for live 3D spatial processing of the voice. In the Medard Expo, the concept of “Active Listening” was presented in the context of a three-week installation. 4Dmix3 is an installation featuring an audiovisual scenescape which mirrors users in a real space. 4Dmix3 is an installation featuring an audiovisual scenescape which mirrors users in a real space.
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Settel, in previous collaborations has developed a 3D immersive audiovisual environment (mentioned above) and have published the following technical papers, based on that work.
A Spatial Interface for Audio and Music Production, the 9th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx’06), Montreal, Canada, September, 2006.
A Paradigm for Physical Interaction with Sound in 3-D Audio Space , ICMC 2006: The 2006 International Computer Music Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
A framework for immersive spatial audio performance , NIME 06: The 6th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, IRCAM, Paris, France. June 2006.
User-Specific Audio Rendering and Steerable Sound for Distributed Virtual Environments, ICAD 2007: International Conference on Auditory Display, Montreal, June 2007
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