Soundwwalks: laptop performance 2nd August, 2012 #www #experimenta #Melbourne #geekgirl
Soundwwwalk performances are an emerging genre of live browser-based sound performances where plugin sound-collage meets multitab mixing, shamelessly blending the traditions of acoustic ecologies, pro-surfing and laptop performance. The artists take the audience on a sonic detour through the World Wide Web. All performances follow the Soundwwwalk One-Line-Manifesto: “All sound sources must be played in a browser, must not be self-produced and must be publicly accessible”. This event will feature performances of new Soundwwwalk compositions by Christopher LG Hill (AUS), Andreas Miranda [NL] and Antuong Nguyen (AUS).
A Soundwwwalk considers the act of surfing the World Wide Web as a form of sonic action in the networked space of the Internet, a place where multitudes of sound sources, sonic events and acoustic phenomena converge.
The performance series was initiated in 2009, inspired by the world wide web becoming the largest possible library of sonic artefacts and recordings, considering any sound and video file uploaded to the web as potential but fluctuative material for sonic ideas and actions.
Co-curated by Bernhard Garnicnig and Jared Davis.
$5 at the door. Limited capacity. No bookings.
Thursday 2 August 2012, 8pm
West Space, level one, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne