EAC recipient Alex Chechile will perform On the Sensations of Tone, a structured composition that combines elements of psychophysics, cognitive science, physiology, and improvisation. Utilizing the acoustics of the room and the multichannel sound system, the work employs psychoacoustic phenomenon including otoacoustic emissions to evoke unusual responses in both the ear and the body. Chechile's cognitive involvement is integrated into the performance through the use of an EEG brainwave machine. Specific brainwaves are sonified as control voltage for a modular synthesizer, which in turn shape and influence the performance as it unfolds.
Alex Chechile, On the Sensations of Tone
Sat 05 Nov, 2011, 8pm
ISSUE Project Room’s Emerging Artists Commission program is made possible, in part, through generous support from: the Greenwall Foundation; the Suzanne Fiol Memorial Fund; Meet the Composer; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.