Mindbeat Quintet

sonifying* and visualising thoughts

When?

Thursday 14 June 2012, 10.00 - 17.00 daily to Saturday 16 June 2012

Where?

Studio Two, Ivy Arts Centre

Open to:

Public, Staff, Students

Admission price:

Admission Free

To trial a new software developed by the Computing Department we are devising a novel adaptation of the theatrical piece by Handke, which will be played out via the Mindbeats software, and which will be accompanied by Creative Music Technology Students and generative video from Sebastian Melo.

Audience members will participate in this theatrical and musical experiment via the software where they will interact with other audience members and five players that will be participating remotely. An adaptation of the original text will be gradually released via Mindbeat throughout the three days of the installation. As the text is gradually fed onto the site, audience members will be able to intervene on the text by adding or commenting on it, and engage in the self-reflexive ideation of the original play by themselves questioning, commenting and self-deprecation their own role as audience members.

Software development Paul Krause and Thoughtified
Software design Thoughtified (Aaron Mason and Rich Clayton)
Installation concept Nicolas Salazar Sutil and Matthew Sansom
Lighting Aaron Walker
Video Sebastian Melo
Musicians Adam Blosse, Nick Hill, Aran Coe, Tim Barnes, Alex Harden, Ahra Jo, Holly Kirby, Arjun Bhamra
Players Paul Stevenson, Alex Penn, Gabriel Cavalli, Nicolas Salazar Sutil, Matthew Sansom

*(SAW.nuh.fy) v. To use sound to help interpret scientific data; to add sound effects or music to enhance the experience of something.

Funded by the MILES Bridging the Gap Grant & Engineering and Physicals Sciences Research Council.