by adriana sa & john klima
SIMPLE VERSION:
The setup includes zither (adriana), Portuguese guitar (john) and their in-development software 'audiographics', extended with gamepads, press/ light sensors and foot-switches. The real-time sound-spectrum produced by the analogue instrumentation drives two camera-movements within a 3-D world while simultaneously producing audio-graphical paths. The two software versions can also be networked.
adriana does the world design & john does the code; both do audio samples, mapping and processing.
In performance, two moving paintings are beamed side-to-side over the artists and their setup: two moving window perspectives over a 3D world.
The set-up specificities provide a whole new territory for compositional exploration. With floating tonal centers, music unfolds through multiple sound layers interlacing modes and sensibilities.
upcoming:
residency at Sonic Art Research Center, Belfast (November 10th - 19th),
followed by a performance by adriana sa & john klima November 20th at Sonic Lab
supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK and Queens University Belfast
past performances (simple version):
Numero Festival
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK, Lisbon, 08
Bang Festival
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, 08
for celebration of 15 years Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa fellowships
Espaço Avenida, Lisbon, 08
Musicbox
Lisbon, 08
Creative Fest #1 view flyer
december 07, adriana sa & john klima, Bomba Suicida, Lisbon
Knock on Woods @ Lg. do Seculo view flyer
November 3rd 07, 4th and 5th, Largo do Seculo, Lisbon
COMPLEX VERSION:
A number of musicians is invited to extend their instrumentation through audiographics, with custom code and configurations. A performance score is developed within pictoric installations: several screens are projected onto semi-transparent surfaces, creating a scenographic architecture made of light.
past performances (complex version):
WINDOW MATTER #1
residency at Regueirão dos Anjos, Lisboa (July 1st - 20th 08)
followed by a site-specific performance-installation by adriana sa & john klima with co-creators o.blaat, sei miguel, manuel mota, david maranha, fala mariam, cesar burago, andre gonçalves, toshio kajiwara (July 21st 08)
WINDOW MATTER #2
site-specific performance-installation at Largo do Seculo and Século Bar, by adriana sa & john klima with co-creators o.blaat, sei miguel, manuel mota, david maranha, fala mariam, cesar burago, andre gonçalves, toshio kajiwara (July 25st 08)
in-door performance:
outdoor rehearsal:
photos by O-blaat (that's why she's not in the pictures!)
Some screenshots of the current audiographics world design:
