Garth Paine Events

NIME concert

Garth Paine — 2010-06-16T05:43:55-07:00

I am delighted to have Jason Noble from Ensemble Offspring playing my piece Grace Space as part of the opening night concert for the NIME 2010 conference in Sydney on June 17, 7PM at the Eugene Goosens Hall at the ABC Ultimo Centre. It will utilise 8 channels of Meyer UPJ1s to generate clouds of sound using the Kyma system from the clarinet part which is scored. Hope to see you at one of the NIME concerts. Cheers, Garth

Mopoke Owl outside my house

Garth Paine — 2010-04-21T17:42:28-07:00

I recorded this Mopoke Owl; the other night - just going to sleep around midnight and it started up - was such a fantastic sound I had to get up - original recording with a Soundfield SPS200 ambisonic mic and a Sound Devices 788T

Daniel Levitin

Garth Paine — 2010-04-06T02:37:48-07:00

On Daniel Levitin's site Six Songs, there are a number of very interesting videos discussing science and art - the discussions with the musician David Byrne are some of my favourites

New tablets....

Garth Paine — 2010-03-14T15:05:02-07:00

This video of the MS Courier shows some very innovative approaches to interfacing and computing in every day life What I think is interesting about the Courier is the approach to 2 screens. I makes me think that Apple are the ones caught in a design loop - ie. the iPad is essentially an overgrown iPhone with some more functionality - ie the iWork suit, but it does not champion any real innovation in interaction design beyond that developed by Apple for the iPod/iPhone, which we probably all remember as amazing when it came out. I also note that Apple have only released glossy adds that flick through everything very very quickly - no details - no workflow illustrations like the Courier video. The Courier is essentially vapourware at the moment as we are unlikely to see it on the market - this may of course be why the iPad was released before it was ready... ?

Wii-Leaf Exhibition - March 10th

Garth Paine — 2010-03-08T02:34:00-07:00

One of the outcomes from the Thinking Through the Body project is the Wii LEAF project which you can see in Exhibition at the DAB Lab at UTS. The opening is this Wednesday March 10th from 6Pm to 8PM All welcome

Music sales - business models that no longer work

Garth Paine — 2010-02-21T17:29:36-07:00

There is a very interesting article in the Guardian regarding illegal downloads and the music industries continued calling fowl of file sharing. ...It's also one that has had the music industry on edge, time after time. Thus, we saw the release last week of some "research" that said 7 million people "use" illegal downloads in the UK, "costing the economy billions of pounds and thousands of jobs" . ... Had I seen it sooner, I would have queried the assertion about the cost to the economy. ...He also wrote an aricle on the figures involved, titled Are downloads really killing the music industry? ...it shows that whilst music sales as a portion of the total market may have decreased somewhat, this has only happened in the last 2 years and this is probably attributable to online distribution such as iTunes etc. Bans are putting out more DVD's and you can see that this portion of the market place is growing. It is clear that the music industry have been crying wolf for a long time and continue to stubbornly evolve their business model - they have been leaving this up to companies like Sony and Apple for some years now - come on guys - WAKE UP!!!

Sound Design in the film AVATAR

Garth Paine — 2010-02-16T19:57:39-07:00

This SoundWorks Collection documentary looks at the sound design of James Cameron’s Avatar: Bringing to life the sounds of Pandora include the talent of Skywalker Sound’s Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-recording Mixer, and Sound Designer Chris Boyes in this SoundWorks Collection sound for film exclusive profile.

"Avatar" Sound For Film Profile from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

Tod Machover new opera

Garth Paine — 2010-02-16T19:54:35-07:00

Tod Machover is head of the Media Lab’s Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group. I have not been a great fan, but he does some interesting things and this is an interesting background interview

New Interfaces - the

Garth Paine — 2010-02-01T18:13:14-07:00

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New Interfaces - the Harpejji

Garth Paine — 2010-02-01T17:22:14-07:00

Jordan Rudess and the Harpejji, which is described on their site as a member of a small family of stringed musical instruments known as tapping instruments. Tapping instruments are descendents of the electric guitar but are optimized for a style of playing that involves tapping on the strings to produce a note. One of the primary benefits of this style of playing is that it only requires one finger to make each note, unlike strumming which requires at least one finger on each hand to make a note.
By freeing up more fingers, the player has the freedom to play arrangements that are physically too difficult to play with the more traditional playing techniques. Unlike all other commercially available tapping instruments, the harpejji has a keyboard-inspired playing interface that many will find easier to learn, more comfortable to play and more interesting to explore.
...A decline position allows the audience to see more of your playing, whereas an incline position makes it easiest to reach the top frets.
Prices are from US$3999 to US$4999, so it is being target as a serious instrument for professional musical practice. ... The following YouTube video shows some of the capabilities of the instrument as do more more videos on the makers site

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - birds talk

Garth Paine — 2010-01-24T21:30:16-07:00

Another approach to getting a pay check without having to play the music :-) ...http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery... French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape. ...http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery... ...Open late every Thu until 10pm - poor birdies should have gone to sleep by then

Pat Metheny's Orchestrion

Garth Paine — 2010-01-24T21:19:37-07:00

This Pat Metheny project is very interesting. He has built/had built (they look like Eric Singers work to me??) an Orchestrion, a robotic orchestra that is responding to his guitar playing style on the fly - check it out

The Hero :-)

Garth Paine — 2010-01-24T04:37:23-07:00

I Hope you like it

Vision tests

Garth Paine — 2010-01-18T03:03:04-07:00

I am experimenting with some algorithmic approaches to image generation, preparing some material for live electronic music performance, driven by the sound, and I rather like this one

Moving from Garth Paine on Vimeo.

Darker Edge of Night Video

Garth Paine — 2009-12-21T15:57:20-07:00

Darker Edge of Night - Development Stage 2 - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts All sound from vocalisations from the dancer with realtime control via bio-sensing ...Interactive Bio-Sensing and realtime sonification: Garth Paine Image work: Brandon and Hellen All sound from vocalisations from the dancer with realtime control via bio-sensing - muscles, brain waves and 2d accelerometers on the dancer

Darker Edge of Night - V2, August 2009 from Garth Paine on Vimeo.

Experimental Video performance

Garth Paine — 2009-12-21T15:46:04-07:00

Some experiments in using musical analysis to drive image generation in realtime. I am interested in video generation from the music I am making in performance and have been looking for a platform that makes interesting results - tell me what you think of this?

Evolving Tapestry from Garth Paine on Vimeo.

Singing Bowl Robot Video

Garth Paine — 2009-11-20T19:58:29-07:00

Here is a little video of the singing bowl robot I have been building - this is V2 prototype. I still have some work to do to refine the leather I am using on the beater stick to get the tone I want. At the moment the tone is a bit raspy - there is also some inconsistency as I have managed to drop the bowls with motors attached a few times so they are a little inconsistent I think - some work to do there to smooth them out again... Anyway here is the beginnings of a growing thing....

The Singing Bowls Robot V2 from Garth Paine on Vimeo.

The Bowls V2

Garth Paine — 2009-12-17T20:49:44-07:00

Version 2 of the Singing Bowls robots. This one is excellent - the motors are really quiet - the foam works really well - easy to work, good quietening characteristics and really strong. I am very proud of the spring loaded servo connection to the playing stick - this allows for small variations in pressure and for minor in-consistencies in the bowls symmetry. You can see the Arduino and Xbee in a pocket and the battery pack goes in the other side. In the end I will have 6 sets that can be hung in a space generating physical diffusion of sound. I am also thinking they could be used for perambulatory performances. I will try and upload a video in the next week.

Eco-Concerns - Talk

Garth Paine — 2009-10-10T11:09:00-07:00

As part of the Electronic Music Foundation’s Ear to the Earth Festival, Garth Paine presents his work on weather sonification at Eco-Concerns Saturday, October 10 @ 3pm :: Eco-Concerns :: An open forum in which scientists and artists present their work and discuss environmental issues, with Steven Feld, Lillian Ball, John Rowden, Rich Pell, Garth Paine, Boryana Rosa, and Aviva Rahmani

Unencumbered Human Movement in Interactive Immersive Environments

Garth Paine — 2009-12-16T10:53:00-07:00

I have recently revised my PhD thesis from 2002 and published it in it’s entirety on Lulu.com My reasons for doing this is that the summaries cover a lot of what was the state of the art in 1995-2000 for interactive systems for performance and fort sensing of human movement. The book acts as an historical overview and as such is a worthwhile contribution to the historical literature and it cites a good deal of work that was current at the time, providing in a single document the links that have led to some of todays technologies and approaches. At the time this research was undertaken, video tracking of human movement was limited and required expensive outboard equipment. I purchased a hardware version of David Rokeby’s Very Nervous System at this time for US$2200, now replaced by the SoftVNS. If you are interested in looking at the book or purchasing it - it is available here ...978-1-4452-0457-4 ...©2009 Garth Paine (Standard Copyright License)

The Bowls The Bowls.......

Garth Paine — 2009-12-14T19:05:56-07:00

Whilst on sabbatical at Arizona State University in the Arts Media and Engineering area, I have been working on some robotic singing bowls. I have a number of new composition and performance plans for these instruments which have been developing well - they will form a networked instrument with several pairs of bowls hung over the audiences heads, and will be controlled through frequency analysis of singing bowls I will be playing manually on stage. Other thoughts include installations and perambulatory performance works.... Here is a very "in progress" photo...

CCMCM presentation, Limerick University

Garth Paine — 2009-09-09T15:45:00-07:00

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ASU Presentation and Performance

Garth Paine — 2009-11-13T15:23:00-07:00

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Slice of Light - Bio Sensing Dance work

Garth Paine — 2009-08-06T18:02:00-07:00

Garth Performing at Soundings Festival

Garth Paine — 2009-09-01T18:01:00-07:00

I am playing at Soundings 0910 (2009) on September 10.

Ensemble Offspring - new commission

Garth Paine — 2009-09-24T18:00:00-07:00

I have just completed a new work for clarinet and live electronics. The piece has been composed for Jason Noble of Ensemble Offspring and will be performed on Thursday October 22, 2009 - 7:00pm to 9:30pm at the Playhouse on Kingswood Campus of UWS at Penrith, along with a number of new works by colleagues from UWS. See the Ensemble Offspring site for more detail. Here is a very rough draft peak of the new work to whet your appetite Grace Space ...Podcast

Talk at La Salle University

Garth Paine — 2009-09-28T17:59:00-07:00

I am giving a talk at La Salle University : School of Arts and Sciences at 3PM on Monday September 28

Yoko Ono's Sectret Piece

Garth Paine — 2009-10-10T17:59:00-07:00

I have the pleasure of being an invited participant in Yoko Ono's Secret Piece Thursday, October 8, 8pm Judson Church 55 Washington Square South

Lecture at Concordia

Garth Paine — 2009-10-17T17:58:00-07:00

I am giving a lecture/performance at Concordia University on Oct 21 from 12:30 - 3:30 - the event is free and open to the public

Tiem Workshop - McGill

Garth Paine — 2009-10-21T17:57:00-07:00

[CIRMMT-news] CIRMMT workshop on Taxonomies for Digital Musical Instruments and Interfaces - October 23rd from 6-8pm The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) is pleased to announce an upcoming workshop on taxonomies for digital musical instruments and interfaces, organized by CIRMMT Research Axis 2 (Musical gestures, devices and motion ...This workshop is free and open to all. ...Please fill out the online registration form . The goal of this workshop is to present and discuss approaches to cataloging, comparing and categorizing interfaces for performing music, in particular the Taxonomy of Realtime Interfaces for Electronic Music Performance (TIEM) project: (http://vipre.uws.edu.au/tiem/). Presentation on the TIEM project by Garth Paine (University of Western Sydney). ...Foundation), Axel Mulder (Infusion Systems Ltd.), and Garth Paine (University of Western Sydney).

Uni Montréal Performance/Seminar

Garth Paine — 2009-10-29T17:55:00-07:00

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Thinking Through the Body

Garth Paine — 2009-12-10T10:22:00-07:00

I was involved in this interesting research project over the last 2 years - here is a short documentary video about the project made by Mike Leggett
Thinking Through The Body ArtLab 08 is an interdisciplinary research project exploring the use and potential of touch, movement and proprioception (the sense of ones position and volume in space) in body-focused interactive art practices. Project participants are: Catherine Truman, Garth Paine, George Khut, Jonathan Duckworth, Lian Loke, Lizzie Muller, Maggie Slattery and Somaya Langley.
The project has been supported through the Australia Council, Inter-Arts Offices ArtLab 2008′ initiative, and generously supported by Campbelltown Arts Centre, The Bundanon Trust, and Performance Space.