MULTIPLE voice/vision
OPAK / research project in the arts / october 2009 – september 2012
This arts research project explores where and how ‘remediation’ – as defined by Bolter & Grusin (1999) – ‘occurs’ in the interaction between audiovisual form and musical polyphony. To research ‘remediation’ at different levels, we explore the interaction between music and audiovisual form stepwise:
In the first phase of the project music is input for interaction: “Ein musikalisches Opfer” from Johann Sebastian Bach is the trigger for experimental design explorations in search of an audiovisual form that matches Bach’s contrapuntal music. The output of this first phase will be presented in a concert/installation in AMUZ & M autumn 2011.
a design sketch
In the second phase of the project this audiovisual form will serve as input for the creation of a new composition by Joachim Brackx. Final output of the project will be presented in a hybrid concert/installation in AMUZ & M spring 2012.
We hope to gain understanding in how processes of ‘remediation’ work, which influence they exert both on the creation of the experimental audiovisual form and on the creation of the new composition. In the final phase of the project we’ll investigate the ‘remediating’ role of the new composition in the re-experience of the music of Bach – the start of the project.
partners:
Media & Design Academy KHLim – Rudi Knoops, Mathy Vanbuel
Lemmensinstituut – Roel Dieltiens
Alamire Foundation – Bart Demuyt
Joachim Brackx
AMUZ
M