[dance-tech] Re: Performance Research Seminar, Brunel University, March 25
- From: "Johannes Birringer" <Johannes.Birringer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <MEDIA-ARTS-AND-DANCE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:58:06 -0000
A l l i n v i t e d :
PERFORMANCE RESEARCH & INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Research Performance Seminar
Brunel University, West London
Gaskell Bldg 048/Drama Studio 16:oo pm
Marko Ciciliani
(Bakin Zub / Brunel University)
<< Towards 'dirty light' ? light design in the context of musical composition >>
In his work as a composer, many of compositions of the past years incorporated
light design as a visual component. When working with light, he is at first
approaching it as an additional musical parameter, although an inaudible one.
In his current research, he is investigating in how far sound and light are
compatible with each other. They share some significant characteristics: both
are projected from singular sources, both are forms of energy and both are
abstract forms of art. At the same time, both have also have some significant
differences ? for example in how our ears and eyes work and how our brain
processes the incoming information. The biggest difference between the two is,
however, that light is a medium with fixed boundaries. While music throughout
history has constantly redefined it's 'vocabulary' by incorporating what has
previously been conceived as noise, light as such does not offer a comparable
flexible skin. From this perspective, Ciciliani approaches light as a 'symbolic
form' in an art context, that contains interpretable signs. Under the metaphor
'dirty light', he is working on developing ways to apply light that diverts
from its presentation as a medium of incorporeal pureness.
Marko Ciciliani is a composer and electronic musician trained in New York,
Hamburg and The Hague. He has written for a variety of settings, including
orchestra, ensembles, solo works and sound installations, often using
live-electronics and other media. His special interest in combining sound and
light has led to many compositions using lighting and/or laser. In 2006,
Ciciliani founded the ensemble Bakin Zub comprising five distinguished
musicians. It serves as his main platform for the development
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archived) from our Brunel Centre for Contemporary and Digital Performance --
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channel is dedicated to interdisciplinary explorations of the performance of
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Johannes Birringer
Director, Center for Contemporary and Digital Performance
School of Arts
Brunel University
West London
UB8 3PH UK
+44 (0)1895 267 343 (office)
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