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RPM's Remixed
Also see the main RPM's Remixed site.
RPM's Remixed is a telematic, transdisciplinary performance based on remixing Alvin Lucier's RPM's score – integrating dance, video and sound improvisation between artists in New York, Tampa, and San Jose.
Alvin Lucier, a well-known composer of music and sound installations that explore natural phenomena and resonance, is renowned for making spaces "sing." This piece explores the possibilities of using one of his scores to make a virtual space "sing" by using improvisational techniques as well as the natural feedback and delay created by streaming.
RPM's Remixed, which premiered August 2005, performed as part of the ISEA 2006 Festival and ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge, which was held concurrently August 7-13, 2006 in San Jose, California.
Themes exploring isolation, intersection, and madness reverberate through images, body and sound. Dancers and sound artists in San Jose, Tampa, and New York collaborate while realtime processing of the video images is driven partially by the performers’ movements. Motion analysis is sent over the network to trigger aspects of video manipulation, further blurring the lines of authorship and contributing to the impromptu chemistry.
Lucier’s original “RPM’s” score was a tongue-in-cheek take on creating sound based on depressing and releasing the accelerator of an Aston Martin engine. The score itself is a series of nonsensical curvatures and dashes – nonsensical, that is, until a personal interpretation of each written gesture is applied.
Taking this a step further, the cast of RPM’s Remixed deconstructs the score, into dance gestures, violin strokes, guitar riffs, and sound and video mashing. The challenge is not only to collaborate within one’s own medium but to improvise successfully between mediums and within a virtual space. Can the magic of improvisation reach across the ether? Join us and see...
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Past events
RPM's Remixed performed as part of the ISEA 2006 Festival and ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge, which was held concurrently August 7-13, 2006 in San Jose, California
RPM's Remixed at ISEA 2006
thursday, 10 august 2006
time: 6:00-7"00pm PST / 9:00-10:00 EST
locations: Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose, CA; Tampa, FL; New York, NY
live stream URL (no longer active) was: http://funksoup.com/show.htm
Premiere
saturday, 6 august 2005
locations: Los Angeles, CA; Tampa, FL; New York, NY; Houston, TX
time: 6:00-6:30pm EST / 3:00-3:30pm PST
live stream URL (no longer active) was: rtsp://systame.net/jdorado_RPMs.sdp
collaborators:
New York, NY
Vedat Emre Balik: sound artist
Josephine Dorado: concept/direction/video processing*
with interactive programming by Ben Robison, Andrew Papadeas
Los Angeles, CA
Laura Escude: sound artist*
Tampa, FL
Rachel Bishop: dancer
Brevard, NC
Elizabeth Haselwood: dancer*
- For the performance at ISEA, a modified version was produced, in which some of the artists (notated by an asterisk) performed in the physical space in San Jose, CA.
This site is dedicated to an open forum for the RPM's Remixed streaming project
Background
Check out the score for RPM's.
Alvin Lucier is a well-known composer of music and sound installations that explore natural phenomena and resonance. I just finished doing a paper on his works/methods and compared them to methods that the Judson Church dancers use in their works (repetition and accumulation, task-based scores, deterioration, etc). This project is an offshoot of that.
Lucier is famous for making spaces "sing" and so I'm interested in how this particular score might be able to make a virtual space "sing."
I also wanted to experiment with some advice I got from having taken a master class with Laurie Anderson (ok, how excited was I about that)...one of the things she said, was
"Try to make something bad or ugly...it might end up being your favorite piece."
it's been awhile since I tried to make something "bad" or "ugly". I don't even remember when. I think we don't allow ourselves to play like this enough or to let ourselves make something "ugly."
so, how bout it? you up for trying something wacky like this?
31july05: I'm experimenting now with adding the element of video motion analysis so that the performer's movements control the image...more later...
Tech stuff
12 oct 06: So now that we have a page with the embedded stream and a chat, I'm looking into alternative chatroom interfaces. The one that we have now is kind of ghetto -- first of all, it's java and also copy/paste doesn't seem to work in it. Also, we have to decide if we want to keep the sounds that are available in the interface. Last time, the sounds in the chatroom interfered with the sounds in the performance space, but of course if we structured the performance to include that, it could be ok. The chatroom in collab.nl's site is pretty cool -- it has a multi-user drawing board and is a slick little interface.
Thanks to IDMI, we've been using their server for the last few rehearsals and performances. It's more optimized and therefore has less delay.
Just in case you need a review of how to stream or need IDMI's server IP address, check the Setting up a QuickTime stream page.
14 july 05: Ok, so I think for our next meeting we should use IRC chat. You can download a free easy-to-use GUI mac IRC client here:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17709
log into the irc.freenode.net network and join the funksoup room
I'm also looking into different streaming server hosts. Found a couple of different options. (cross your fingers)
more on this later...
13 july 05: Well, hey, it looks like the Waag server is back up! so that is an option again as well :-)
12 july 05: Hi! I found a streaming server host: Systame
So we will be good to go! :-)
Score
Hey, all! Here is the remixed score that we can (loosely) follow.
Questions/issues
Have any questions or issues you want to raise? Put 'em here! +
Rehearsal pics | vids | sounds
Click on the links below to view/listen to rehearsal pics & sounds:
dress rehearsal 4 august 06
other rehearsals in july-august 06
stream test/dress rehearsal 05 aug 05
stream test/rehearsal 28 july 05
stream test/rehearsal 19 july 05
stream test/rehearsal 15 july 05
For pics and archived streams from the shows on 6 august 2005 (premiere) and 10 august 2006 (ZeroOne | ISEA 2006), see the RPM's Remixed archive page.
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Introductions/Bios
Vedat Emre Balik
After receiving his Bachelor of Science in engineering in Istanbul, Turkey, where he was also involved in the Metal music scene, Emre Balik decided to combine both interests with the theoretical approach offered by Media Studies at the New School University.
He worked as an assistant engineer at the Doghouse NYC Recording Studio for 2 years, lending his hands and ears to a variety of musical styles. Most recently, he has been involved as a sound artist in RPM’s Remixed. The group has been invited to perform as part of the ISEA 2006 Festival and ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge. His thesis, Synaesthetic Temple, a multimedia installation on the phenomenon of synaesthesia, was exhibited at LMCC’s Swing Space in May 2006.
Rachel Bishop
Rachel Bishop is a classically trained dancer/ performance artist, combining her physical abilities with electronic media- delighting local audiences with her form of video-dance interaction. She performs with Asher Dance Eclectic, a mixed abilities dance company in Tampa, Florida, as well as solo contemporary freeform performances for local art events. She is a BFA/studio art candidate at USF, focusing on electronic media and the performing arts. She teaches creative movement with the Hillsborough County Arts Council, bringing dance to the community. Her current projects include experimenting with shadows, light, movement, and interactive video. Expressing heart, soul, and the spirit of connectivity is of utmost importance to her when creating and participating in any artistic situation.
Josephine Dorado
Josephine Dorado (http://funksoup.com/) is a New York-based media artist, performer and educator. In her work, she explores the extension of the performance environment with technology, often utilizing movement-based, sensor-driven synthesis and networked telepresence. Most recently, she initiated and directed the Kids Connect program, a series of workshops connecting youth in Amsterdam and New York via media art, performance and streaming technology within the virtual world Second Life. Josephine received her M.A. in Media Studies at the New School. She was a Fulbright scholarship recipient and an artist-in-residence at Waag Society for Old and New Media in Amsterdam, wherein she presented several networked performances involving international collaborations. She has also written, choreographed and performed several plays and one-woman shows, which were performed at various venues in New York and Florida. Commissions include a production of RPM’s Remixed for the ISEA 2006 Festival in San Jose, California, as well as an invitation to speak at ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 in the Educators Forum. Upcoming projects include Tedre, a networked project involving motion capture analysis between Arizona State University, Brooklyn College, and Brunel University.
Laura Escude
Laura Escude (aka Violentfingers) works in the audio industry, composing and doing sound design for TV and film. She recently finished sound design work for the films Stealth and Lovewrecked, which are out this summer. A classically trained violinist, she earned a B.A. in violin from Florida State University with an emphasis in commercial music. Currently, she plays first violin with the Santa Monica Symphony, and has performed at KXLU 88.9, KUCI Irvine 88.9, KSPC 88.7, WMNF 88.5, the LA Art Fest, the Apple Store and Create Fixate, to name a few. Laura mixes synthesized sounds with midi pedals and violin effects to create her original electronic style. Her newest toy is a midi glove, which allows her to control changes in the sounds of her violin realtime. Although mostly human, she considers herself a fyborg, which is a term that is a portmanteau of “functional” and “cyborg”. Laura is busy exploring the Los Angeles music scene and looks forward to performing her cinematic sounds around the globe.
Elizabeth Haselwood
Elizabeth Haselwood is a singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer based in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. While living in New York City she performed and toured with New York Shakespeare Festival, Bang on a Can, Meredith Monk, Jane Comfort and Company, Dominic Chianese and the NY Sidewalkers, and Wil Swanson/DANCEWORKS. Her choreography has been produced in New York City, Berlin and Amsterdam and her voice can be heard on her own CD lily am seenand in two German films. She received a BFA in dance from the University of Colorado, studied traditional Javanese music and dance in Indonesia, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Amsterdam. She is a Certified Trager® Practitioner and now focuses on creating art with the intent of healing and social change.
