<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><b>Saturday May 10, 2008 <br>2 PM PDT, 5 PM EDT, 11 PM CEDT</b><br>
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As part of the 4th Annual <a href="http://www.openspace.ca/web/" target="_blank">Open Space</a> Victoria <a href="http://www.openspace.ca/web/item/338" target="_blank">Voice++ Festival</a><br>the <b>AVATAR ORCHESTRA METAVERSE </b>will perform two new mixed reality compositions: XAANADRuuL by Canadian composer<a href="http://odysseyart.ning.com/profile/Wirxli" target="_blank"> Jeremy Owen Turner</a>, <br>
and The Heart of Tones (mixed reality version) by American composer <a href="http://www.deeplistening.org/pauline/" target="_blank">Pauline Oliveros</a>.<br>
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The performance will take place on <a href="http://secondlife.com/" target="_blank">Second Life</a>, on site at Open<br>
Space in Victoria, BC, Canada, and will be audio streamed live on the web. For<br>
updates and listening urls, go to <a href="http://avatarorchestra.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://avatarorchestra.blogspot.com/</a><br>
or see web stream urls at the bottom of this post.<br><br><b>Audio Web Stream urls:</b><br>
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Shoutcast server 1<br>
<a href="http://d-oo-b.cc:8034/" target="_blank">http://d-oo-b.cc:8034</a><br>
Listening url server 1<br>
<a href="http://d-oo-b.cc:8034/listen.pls" target="_blank">http://d-oo-b.cc:8034/listen.pls</a><br>
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Shoutcast server 2<br>
<a href="http://d-oo-b.cc:8036/" target="_blank">http://d-oo-b.cc:8036</a><br>
Listening url server 2<br>
<a href="http://d-oo-b.cc:8036/listen.pls" target="_blank">http://d-oo-b.cc:8036/listen.pls</a><br>
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Shoutcast server 3 (reserve)<br>
<a href="http://d-oo-b.cc:8038/" target="_blank">http://d-oo-b.cc:8038</a><br>
Listening url server 3<br>
<a href="http://d-oo-b.cc:8038/listen.pls" target="_blank">http://d-oo-b.cc:8038/listen.pls</a><br>
<br><b>--<br><br>PROGRAM</b><br><br><b>AVATAR ORCHESTRA METAVERSE</b><br>Virtual Reality Performance and Audio Web Stream<br>
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Jeremy Owen Turner (Vancouver, BC)<br><i><b>
XAANADRuuL </b></i><br>dedicated to the memory of <a href="http://www.stockhausen.org/" target="_blank">Karlheinz Stockhausen</a><br>
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Pauline Oliveros (Kingston New York)<br><i><b>
The Heart of Tones (mixed reality version) </b></i><br>dedicated to the memory of <a href="http://www.deeplistening.org/site/toyojitomita" target="_blank">Toyoji Tomita</a><br>
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May 10 2 PM PDT, 5 PM EDT, 11 PM CEDT</b><br>
<span lang="FR"><br><b><i>XAANADRuuL </i>by Jeremy Owen Turner (Wirxli Flimflam)</b><br></span>
<div>Stockhausen's Pleasuredome 4 Sirius Business" (2007/2008)<br> </div>
<div><i>XANADRuuL</i> is a Second Life composition in 3 sections created for
the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse. One can see this composition as an
official elegy/tribute to the Modernist music pioneer, Karlheinz
Stockhausen. XANADRuuL was created from samples that were
solely derived from the Composer's (Wirxli's) own digitally manipulated
voice. This composition was inspired by Stockhausen's claim of being
an alien from Sirius and so the 3 sections of this composition
correspond to Sirius A, B and C stars. In addition, there are also
many references to Xanadu (including the movie with Olivia Newton
John). The Opening Ceremonies take place on Sirius A where angels sing
along with the selected voice samples from heavenly heights on the
ceiling of a pentagonal geodesic dome and also on Sirius B where
meandering avatars vainly attempt to communicate with these alien
angelic muses using only pre-recorded samples. Sirius C is a
"meta-composition" and is performed by the public throughout Second Life.<br><b></b><br>Set Design and Construction by Dethomas Dibou (Detlef Thomas), Regensburg, Germany<br>Instruments and Halos by Bingo Onomatopoeia (Andreas Mueller), Regensburg,Germany<br>
</div><span lang="FR"><i>___<br><b><br>The Heart of Tones</b></i><b> (mixed reality version) by Pauline Oliveros (Free Noyes)</b><br><br>This piece was
originally composed for trombone and two oscillators, and commissioned
by Abbie
Conant and her <i>Wired Goddess Project </i>during her residency at Mills
College in
the Fall of 1999.
This is an
ensemble version of the piece adapted for the mixed realities of Second Life and Real Life, combining virtual instruments with live trombones and voices.<br><i>The Heart of Tones</i>: A tone, in this instance D4, is minutely
explored in the smallest possible increments on, above and below the
prescribed
pitch, through the smallest timbre variations and spatial locations by performers on virtual and RL instruments. The pitch variations are never more than a half step
away
from the given pitch. The resultant beats, timbral shifts and audio
illusions
create rhythms, transformations and textures of depth. The focus
is on
listening to the beat frequencies and the overtones that result. The
musicians
decide independently and intuitively on the variations.</span><br><br>Virtual Instruments and Cloaks / Receivers by Bingo Onomatopoeia (Andreas Mueller), Regensburg, Germany<br>___<br><br><b>Avatar Orchestra Metaverse</b> is a group of composers, performers, and<br>
media artists living in Europe, East Asian and North America who<br>
explore together the interactive possibilities of the Second Life<br>
online virtual reality platform to create works with open, interactive<br>
and possibly "infinite" elements. The Orchestra works with ideas<br>
that challenge conventional practices of creating and performing<br>
music, and finds new ways to conceive of and erase notions of<br>
identity, place, social, cultural and sexual identity, and the roles<br>
of composer, performer and listener.<br>
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For this special performance, dedicated to the memory of two<br>
exceptional human beings and musicians, the Orchestra is joined by<br>
guest vocalists, trombonists and instrumentalists from Canada and the<br>
United States, whose avatars will appear on Second Life with their<br>
streamed instrumental sound joining the virtual AOM instruments.<br>
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Guest vocalists:</b><br>
Aurel Miles (Stephanie Farrington), Ottawa, Canada<br>
Chris Reiche (Bowlerhat Trenchcoat), Victoria, Canada<br>
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Guest Trombonists</b> (<i>Heart of Tones</i>)<br>
Sum Noyes (Monique Buzzarte),<br>
Trombonejen Wigglesworth (Jen Baker)<br>
Weave Noyes (Sarah Weaver)<br>
And in spirit,<br>
Toyoji MacDonnell (Toyoji Tomita)<br>
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with a special appearance by The <b>Seattle Toyoji Band</b> appearing as avatar StuArtnoise Sass (Heart of Tones):<br>
Thomasa Eckert, voice<br>
Janice Giteck, cello<br>
Roger Nelson, piano<br>
Paul Taub, flute<br>
Renko Ishida Dempster, koto<br>
Stuart Dempster, trombone<br>
<br><b>Avatar Orchestra Performers:</b><br><br><b>AOM virtual instruments:</b><br>Bingo Onomatopoeia (Andreas Mueller), Regensburg, Germany<br>Blaise delaFrance (Biagio Fracia), Italy <br>Free Noyse (Pauline Oliveros), Kingston, New York, USA<br>
Goodwind Seiling (Sachiko Hayashi), Stockholm, Sweden<br>Gumnosophistai Nurmi (Leif Inge), Oslo, Norway<br>Ida Aabye (Nathalie Fougeras), Brussels, France <br>Miulew Takahe (Bjorn Eriksson), Solleftea, Sweden<br>Paco Mariani (Chris Wittkowsky), Regensburg, Germany<br>
Wirxli Flimflam (Jeremy Owen Turner, Vancouver, Canada)<br><br><b>Voices and AOM virtual instruments:</b><br>Fernsing Llewelyn (Cathy Lewis), Victoria, Canada<br>Humming Pera (Tina Pearson), Victoria, Canada<br>Liz Solo (Liz Solo), St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada<br>
Zonzo Spyker (Viv Corringham), Minneapolis, USA, London, UK<br><br>Streaming by <a href="http://loop.podomatic.com/" target="_blank">Loop Luo</a> (Loopland), Regensburg, Germany)<br>Streaming host: <a href="http://d-oo-b.cc/index.html" target="_blank">Eifach Films</a>, Basel, Switzerland<br>
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May 10 2 PM PDT, 5 PM EDT, 11 PM CEDT</b><br>
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</div><br clear="all">Nathalie Fougeras<br>-- <br>Last personal project 'double_skin' <br>residency in bains::connective art laboratory, brussels:<br><a href="http://www.mutin.org/BI/wakka.php?&wiki=BI3">http://www.mutin.org/BI/wakka.php?&wiki=BI3</a><br>
<br>Last event curated by Nathalie Fougeras, in the Centre for Digital Cultures and Technology iMAL with StreamOnYou <a href="http://www.imal.org/StreamOnYou/">http://www.imal.org/StreamOnYou/</a><br><br>