Sonia Paço-Rocchia

Sound Through at Bacon Street Project 1st and 2nd of May

28/04/2009

I’ll be in a jam with Sound Through with bassoon, voice, found objects and live electronics.

1st and 2nd of May
from 8 o’clock
£3

Bacon Street Project
14 Bacon Street (just off Brick Lane by the Bagel Shops, Shoreditch)
London E1 6LF

Using field recordings and sonic material gathered from the local area of Bacon Street and Brick Lane, this event will explore aspects of anthropology, aural architecture, sound manipulation, improvisation and performance.
Occupying the Bacon Street Project space for 2 nights, this collective of sound artists and musicians will explore the theme of ‘transmission’ through its relationship to sound, and the listening processes involved in documenting the local sonic environment. Each night, ‘Sound Through’ will create improvised soundscapes using custom designed software, various sound objects, sound making devices and acoustic instruments. The first in this series of site-specific projects took place at the Shunt Vaults under London Bridge Station in a 4 night residency during the 14th – 17th January 2009.

Featuring: James Alaska, Bruno Humberto, Borja Sagasti Inurrieta, Nahum Mantra, Tom Mudd, Lucy Railton, Sonia Paço-Rocchia, Tristan Shorr, vlk, plus guests

Absurdity 1

12/03/2009

for orange box, purple balloon and purple anti-stress ball

improvisation for objects and voice with live electronics

(audio) Here is the same video in 640x480

Lucy Ridley's choreography, 20th March

10/03/2009

I’m working on the music of Lucy Ridley’s choreography. I’ll perform most of it as well: (bassoon, voice and electronics, other sounds, some automatic movement following and more!)

Tree performances at 6.30, 7.30 and 8.30
20 March 2009
De Valois Studio, London Studio Centre
42-50 York Way
N1 9AB
London

Two minutes walk from King Cross Station: MAP

It is FREE but you MUST RESERVE A PLACE!

Due to its site specific nature we can only allow a small amount of people to watch at each performance (12 maximum!), you need to reserve places for each person, and they are running out! Just let me know here (commentary) or by email!

Theorizing the Space Between, University of Alberta

06/03/2009

I have been invited to this conference, as a performer. I couldn’t make it. We agreed to have a video instead of a performance and a talk with webcam. Here the videos.

Live voice improvisation is the source of real-time electronic effects which are controlled by switches, orientation and gesture-recognition of the hands and arms using the bluetooth Nintendo Wii Nunchucks and Remotes. This is done in Max/MSP using aka.wiiremote object and mnm library. An assemblage of one or two pairs of Remote/Nunchuck used with a wireless headset, provides a powerful means of integrating free bodily movements with improvised voice. The tool being versatile, it has been used in a lot of different contexts, sometimes solo or as a part of a duo or other ensemble.