: Improvisation

This Way Up

28/07/2009

piece for performer/singer and box with live electronics

On the box, there is the score. The score does not contain just musical instructions but also contains some indications about the orientation of the box: "This way up".

While the performer is performing the piece, s/he have to change the orientation of the box following the score.
The live electronics changes depending of the orientation of the box.

This piece, as a work and progress form, has been presented at Around This House - Happening in the Library

Sticky Pathways

30/04/2009

premiered 20th March 2009, 35 minutes

Choreographer’s note:
Sticky Pathways is an unfolding labyrinth of rambling dimensions and slanted reflections where people exist on the cusp of dream and reality.

Music note:
In Lucy’s Sticky Pathway the music has been involved in the creative process at all times . From the beginning we did dance and music improvisation where the dance and music influence each other. For this work it was very important to have a strong link between the dance and the music and to integrate completely the music and the musician in the work itself as well as incorporating sounds made by the dancers in the music. To be able to make this mutual influence dynamic we used live music either solo or with live electronics (bassoon, treble recorder solo and voice with live electronics) or accelerometers to follow closely the movements of the dancers. (Accelerometers from Nintendo Wii Remotes that control the sound in an application programmed by Sonia Paço-Rocchia using Max/MSP)


Choreography - Lucy Ridley
Music - Sonia Paço-Rocchia
Costumes - Chantal Francis
Performer - Simeon John
Dancers - Carly Blackburn, Matt Bradley, Maxine Calleja, Magnus ElektrEmaka Einang, Aislinn Grech, Amy Lazarou

Photos/Filmed - Irene Segura

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

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.


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