TSC at the ICMC

Update June 9, 2012:
We’ve just gotten the video footage of our performance at the ICMC (International Computer Music Conference). I had originally felt bad about this performance (even though I thought, and still think, the painting turned out great) but after watching it back, I think even the performance was good. I barely remember any specifics from the performance itself. Watching this back is like watching someone else–its nice.

Originally post below – from August 3, 2011:

August 2, 2011 – We performed at the ICMC held this year at Huddersfield University. We attend the Unconference where the use of gesture and visuals were discussed with some interesting people (These are some of those people: Freida Abtan, Adrian Freed, and David Wessel.).
We hung out with Scott Hewitt. One of the things we discussed was the tool Rod and I want to build that’ll allow me to live sample & synthesize sound via the gestures I already make while painting. He encouraged us to build the hardware, just hunker down, and figure out some of the programming so we’ll have a better understanding of what the thing will do.

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The concert was really well attended. It was held at The Graduate, the university’s on-campus bar. Believe it or not, this crowd of academics got a little rowdy! I really liked seeing this one guy do some live coding, projected large on a screen, so you could see what he was doing. It was fun to watch.

Our performance went so-so. Rod and Anton think it went better than I think it went though. I just couldn’t get into it and kept repeating myself. The venue itself was really hot (Miami hot). After 15 minutes I was dripping sweat and black paint. Niiiiice and griiiiity.

The painting is now owned by P.A. Tremblay and can been seen in his office at the university.

You can listen to the performance here:

TSC @ ICMC2011 by Takahashi