EPIC_Tom

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EPIC_Tom 

EPIC_Tom expands on new media performance by incorporating canine voice and creativity. For this interspecies project, the artists ask: what is a dog experiencing the moment just before catching a ball? Could it be proto-euphoric—eager, expectant, desirous? The performance explores visualizing and sonifying, in a live setting, canine collaborator Tom’s state of mind.

The performance works with movement and vocal material contributed by Tom in motion capture and sound recording sessions. Electro-acoustic techniques are used on Tom’s recorded voice to output a durational call for participating human musicians’ acoustic responses. Tom’s vocalization, comprised of 5 utterances, is extended by Overstall using computational processes to generate 5 sonic movements, to which Andreyev performs responses with a theremin—its sonic characteristics like voice, even canine voice. The performance includes an animation of Tom generated by motion capture data, complimented by real-time effects. The project is intended to be participatory where musicians from the host city contribute.

Production Team:

Julie Andreyev: concept, theremin performance
Simon Overstall: Max/MSP software, granular soundscape performance
Tom: concept, actor, vocals
Jay White: animation of Tom
Richard Overington + Hyuma Frankowski: motion capture support

performances + exhibitions:

• 2016, Sept 24.  “EPIC_Tom”, performance, Pixelache Helsinki September (9.22-9.25).
• 2016, May 25 – July 7.  “EPIC_Tom”, exhibition installation curated by Brenda Cleniuk. A new commission by Neutral Ground Contemporary Art Forum, Regina.
• 2016, May 21. Performance with members of the Regina Symphony Orchestra—Simon MacDonald violin, Simon Fryer cello, Marie-Noelle Berthelet flute—curated by Brenda Cleniuk, Neutral Ground Contemporary Art Forum, Regina.
• 2014 performance with members of the Vancouver Experimental Theremin Orchestra—Wynne Palmer, Erin Brown-John, Ricarda McDonald—curated by Wynne Palmer, Aberthau Mansion, July 17.
• 2014 performance “Interactive Futures 2014: More-Than-Human Worlds“, Emily Carr University. Apr 24.
• 2013 performance “Beyond Human: Artist Animal Collaborations”, curated by Janey Winchell, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.

Supported by:

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Intersections Digital Studios, Emily Carr University of Art + Design.