TOPLAP UK presents:
Livecoding at Plymouth University's Immersive Vision Theatre
20th September 2009 6pm
Entry £5 / £4 conc.
What is livecoding?
Recently featured on the BBC website (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/
8221235.stm) livecoding is a virtuosic computer music and video
performance technique
which involves the creation of a sound and/ or video generating
computer program in
real time in front of an audience. The performers' screens are
projected so that the
audience can see the creation of the program as well as seeing and
hearing its output.
Who is performing?
In this performance, slub (Alex Mclean and Dave Griffiths) and
Wrongheaded
(Matthew Yee-King and Click Nilson) will perform in the state of the
art Immersive Vision
Theatre at Plymouth University, which is described as a
'transdisciplinary instrument for
the manifestation of material, immaterial and imaginary worlds' (
http://www.i-dat.org/
toolbox). It features full dome projection and a sophisticated spatial
sound system. This
is the first time that livecoding has been performed using such a
system -a world first
in Plymouth! As such, this performance represents a prototype for a
planned tour of UK
planetaria. Expect a variety of high tech electronic sound and visuals
as well as some
algorithmic choreography.
Strap lines:
'In space, everyone can see your screen'
'Oh my God, it's full of syntax errors'
'It came from out a space bar'
etc.
Contact:
Pete Carss
peter.carss_at_plymouth.ac.uk
Further info:
TOPLAP UK (the loose organisation behind the gig)
http://toplap.org/uk/
Alex Mclean (slub):
http://slub.org/
http://yaxu.org/
Dave Griffiths (slub):
http://www.pawfal.org/dave/
Matthew Yee-King (wrongheaded):
http://www.yeeking.net
Click Nilson (wrongheaded):
http://www.irefusetobeontheweb.com
The Immersive Vision Theatre:
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk//pages/view.asp?page=18227
Thanks to the PRS Foundation for financial support
Received on Thu Sep 10 2009 - 08:46:16 BST