Chris Brown: Talking Drum

Title:

Talking Drum

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Performers:



• Chris Brown

Symposium:

• ISEA95: Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• McGill University , Montreal , Canada

Artist Statement:

This is an interactive rhythm piece using six to twelve players at stations separated by about fifty feet. Each station consists of a small computer-music system with its own loudspeaker. The stations are connected by one MIDI cable, creating a single data chain. A master-controller station sends timing pulses and coordination signals to the satellites. The location of stations is used to exploit the distance and resonance effects of the performance space, so that the environment itself is played like the membrane of a drum.

Technical Information:

Each station consists of a small computer-music system with its own loudspeaker. The stations are connected by one MIDI cable, creating a single data chain. A master-controller station sends timing pulses and coordination signals to the satellites.

Category:

• Performances
• Concert - Audio