Tipping Points (Reflection Component)
(2023)
author(s): Tijs Ham
published in: Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen
The Ph.D. project in Artistic Research, Tipping Points, conducted by Tijs Ham ('81), is situated in the field of live electronics and focuses on the exploration of chaotic processes within instrument design, compositional strategies, and performance. The unpredictable nature of chaos impacts many aspects of musicking. Artistic works emerge from the interferences between processes that are set in motion. Instruments are influenced and in turn influence the performer in return. The reflections turn to the notion of wondering as the performer and audiences alike encounter unforeseen sonic behaviors that are strangely musical despite their volatile and fragile chaotic origins.
[Anonymous for Review] Performance
(last edited: 2024)
author(s): Anonymous
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On the evening of the [Anonymous for Review], [Anonymous for Review], a cultural center in [Anonymous for Review], formed the stage for a two-hour concert divided into six performances. The fourth performance, titled [Anonymous for Review] was an audiovisual solo performance featuring a crackle box, a chaotic modular synth, two gongs equipped with transducers, an acoustic cello, and audio-reactive video projections. The performance was an improvisation that lasted for 17 minutes and 15 seconds. The two gongs were used as a type of local amplification, heavily altering the sonorous qualities of the modular synth, which was also amplified over a quadrophonic speaker setup in a cross-stereo configuration. The cracklebox and cello were not amplified over the speaker setup.
