Four floors up from Inkonst, at Inter Arts Center, an acousmonium made up of more than 40 speakers hosts concerts of acousmatic music, along with collateral events including workshops, performances, and screenings, featuring two premieres. This year's special focus is on the French composer Luc Ferrari, exploring the intersection of music, sound art, documentary, and radio art.
Acousmonium Basics
with Alessandro Perini
IAC
SUN 28
14.00-16.00
An acousmonium is an orchestra of speakers that can be of very different make and quality, and result in diverse sound rendition. Their placement in space is designed in order to provide the listener with a wide range of possibilities regarding sound direction, distance, movement. The acousmonium can also be thought as an equalizer, with some speakers favoring certain frequency bands more than others.
Curious for insight into live sound diffusion, in the tradition of the acousmonium practice? In this frame, the performer studies and analyzes an acousmatic music piece (stereo, fixed media), and spreads sound on the acousmonium by operating the mixer faders. The workshop will touch upon some historical notions, acousmonium design, differences with dome setups, analysis of acousmatic music in relation to spatial interpretation, spatialization techniques, and notation with the software Acousmographe.
There will also be time for hands-on practice with the participants. Participants will be provided with one or more short musical fragments to be studied in advance. After the workshop, you can book a slot of individual tryouts (timeframe: 16:00-18:00).
LIMITED CAPACITY. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Artist(s) of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.
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