Thomas Gorbach <\/em>
\nis an instrument for interpreting computer-generated works and for producing ephemeral dynamically moving sound sculptures. Since 2010 Thomas Gorbach has continued to develop this instrument in conjunction with his concert series \u2018The Acousmatic Project\u2019. It is an orchestra of loudspeakers for interpreting stored music but also for the spatialization of music by artists working in the areas of improvisation and conceptual art. Based on the experiences gleaned from the acousmonium of Musiques & Recherches in Brussels, the acousmonium of GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales) in Paris, and the MAAST System in Kent\/UK, Gorbach has developed a loudspeaker configuration and control unit that make the Vienna Acousmonium an instrument unique to its genre.<\/p>\nThe Vienna Acousmonium with its 32 loudspeakers of varying sound qualities installed with the intention of creating the illusion of depth of field offers the best conditions for understanding virtual sounds. The aspect of the \u2018space in the sound\u2019 becomes experienceable.<\/p>\n
Pierre Schaeffer: \u2018sound object\u2019 (objet sonore)<\/strong>
\nThe pioneer of electroacoustic music, Pierre Schaeffer, coined the term sound object to refer to electronic sound events that cannot be described by notes.<\/p>\nAnnette Vande Gorne: \u2018spatial figures\u2019 (figures d\u2019espace)<\/strong>
\nIn the sequence of the sound objects the composers of GRM recognized that a connecting element was missing. Thus Francois Bayle, Schaeffer\u2019s first and most important student, introduced the concept of the course of playing and implemented it in his works. Corresponding to this, Annette Vande Gorne, another one of Schaeffer\u2019s students, has developed a technique that translates the music of these connected sound objects, acousmatic sound, to playing at the console of the acousmonium. Many of the names of the various techniques, such as cross-fading, revealing, emphasizing, flickering, etc. have been borrowed from the field of film editing.<\/p>\nThomas Gorbach: \u2018movement of sound in space\u2019<\/strong>
\nIn my search for a conclusive technique for interpretation on the acousmonium two aspects have emerged in connection with working with electronic sound: on the one hand, sound qualities like roughness or smoothness, proximity and distance, accent and echo, colorfulness or proportion of static, etc. and on the other hand, the development within a sound, which I call the spatial aspect of a sound. The tension between sound quality and spatial information produces a conclusive set of instructions for interpretation. This can be notated and serves as the point of departure for playing the acousmonium.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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THU 24 11 2016 \u2013 SAT 26 11 2016 | Voith Werke | Halle 88, Linzer Strasse 55, St.P\u00f6lten In cooperation with ACP (The Acousmatic Project), Heroines Of Sound and Voith Tickets \u20ac 14 \/ \u20ac 9 Festivalpass \u20ac 24 Interview about the Festival Radio Orange This year\u00b4s festival IMAkusmonium in St.P\u00f6lten, placed in an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6860"}],"version-history":[{"count":167,"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7920,"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6860\/revisions\/7920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archiv.ima.or.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}