23–24 October 2017 · Zurich, Hong Kong, San Diego and Stanford
Two days of concerts, presentations and practical exchange explored how distant stages can become a shared space for musical performance. Alongside the network connections, our work focused on projection surfaces, spatial relationships and the experience of being present together.
Zurich meets Hong Kong
On 23 October, musicians at Zurich University of the Arts and the City University of Hong Kong performed together across the network. The programme included composed works and an improvised encounter between Chung Chiu Yee on guzheng and Matthias Ziegler on bass and contrabass flute. Daniel Späti and Bojan Milosevic supported the connection on site in Hong Kong.
For the concert series, Joel De Giovanni designed mesh projection screens that placed live images of remote musicians within the local stage space. These transparent surfaces allowed the projected performers and the physical surroundings to remain visible together.
Telematic Space: a window into another room
On 24 October, Benjamin Burger and Joel De Giovanni presented the telematic space, with a particular focus on the tracking system previously used in Moving Screens, Sounds, and Bodies. The presentation was part of the Telematic Space session with Martin Fröhlich.
The projection screen itself was tracked. Using Martin Fröhlich’s SPARCK software, a projector continuously mapped the corresponding section of the remote room onto the moving surface. As the screen changed position, the visible section of the other space changed with it, creating the effect of a movable window between the two rooms.
Technology and exchange
The symposium brought together presentations and discussions on telematic space, technology, sound and future perspectives. Miloš Liška from the UltraGrid team at CESNET visited Zurich and gave a talk on the technology used for low-latency audiovisual connections.
Workshop concert
The day concluded with a workshop concert connecting Zurich with UC San Diego and Stanford University. Chris Chafe, Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen and Matthias Ziegler explored musical interaction across the network.
Partners
Zurich University of the Arts, Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology, MA in Transdisciplinary Studies, City University of Hong Kong School of Creative Media, UC San Diego, Stanford University and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
Date:
October 23, 2017
