first set
Sound artist John Hudak and Bruce Tovsky join forces with video artist Shimpei Takeda to create an immersive multimedia installation at IPR using Stephan Moore’s hemispherical speakers.
second set
Hans Tammen plays “Endangered Guitar” using IPR’s multi-channel sound system + John Jannone performs video with live camera and a still image mix.
Process: Visuals are recorded by ten miniature cameras mounted on and around Hans’ guitar & projected simultaneously with a variety of texts on weaving. Weaving diagrams are visual metaphor of the piece, linking mathematics, hand craft, the strings of the guitar, and images which suggest musical notation.
The audio consists of two independent voices simultaneously drawn from Hans Tammen’s “Endangered Guitar” - one is a single voice in front of the audience pinned against the other, a micropolyphonic pattern on the multichannel sound system mounted on the ceiling. With a wide array of mechanical preparations for guitar (including brushed, small stones, electric fans, cigarette lighters, Ebows and chopsticks) he produces sounds that seem chaotic on the surface, with a forest of apparently separate details, interlinked underneath, woven together as a maze of infinite complexity.
HANS TAMMEN - www.tammen.org
All Music Guide recommended him: “...clearly one of the best experimental guitarists to come forward during the 1990s.” (Francois Couture)
JOHN JANNONE - www.john.ballibay.com