Report
from SMC’07, Lefkada, Greece
Notice
should be given to the interactive sound installation by Tom Mays,
“Acousmeaucorps”, at the foyer of the Culture Centre
(where most of the events took place): a rare example of a installation
that invites musicianship, without agonizing those who are not prepared
for that depth of interaction. By this I mean, that it succeeds
in making sense at many levels, for many people, for many kinds
of interaction. If somebody distractedly runs through the 10- squaremeter
space delimited by four speakers, the installation seems to react
as if it wanted to catch and hold the runner; if children spend
some time discovering what kind of movement will make it sound,
and what kind will make it stop, the installation cheerfully invites
such playfulness; if someone, like myself, wishes to indulge in
taiji-like motion, investigating the grid of time- dependent ‘virtual
buttons’, it answers logically, without for a moment letting
me down with deceiving randomness; but still, in the hands (and
body) of Mays, the installation provides for yet more levels of
sound control... very inspiring indeed.
PerMagnus
Lindborg, August 2007
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