“Punkturn” by Thomas Gerwin

Title:

Punkturn

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Performers:



• Thomas Gerwin

Symposium:

• ISEA2002: 11th International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• Aichi arts center , Nagoya , Japan

Creation Year:

2001

Medium:

Acousmatic work

Artist Statement:

Imagine a flat screen sounding. The whole area is filled with many very small moving figures. You can hear at least three different levels in height and five positions in the left-right panorama. In the whirling sound on the virtual screen you can hear dots appearing irregularly. They mark positions or links to the possible, (not yet real) space. Only when, by chance (?), a dot – while appearing – matches exactly at the right time one of the whirling soundfigures on the screen, we can be for a short while a part of the hidden or folded multi-dimensional sound universe behind (inside?) the two·dimensional screen world. This acousmatic work investigates dots, lines and space – and individuals and stories inside/in between.

The piece be played back as well stereo as on a live-modified multichannel-sound diffusion system for concert purposes. Please also try it with headphones.

Category:

• Performances
• Concert - Audio