Life on (Planet)

Holland Hopson

Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2010
• Location: Sydney, Australia

Abstract

Program notes: Life on (Planet) is a work for two rocks and interactive computer processing. The performer clicks and rubs the rocks together in front of a stereo microphone. The computer responds to how the rocks are played, with particular regard to changes in tempo, articulation, volume, and position of the rocks relative to the left/right stereo field of the microphone. Complex combinations of (somewhat) controllable sounds arise from the accretion of input sound combined with feedback from the space. About the performer: Holland Hopson is a composer, improviser, and electronic artist. As an instrumentalist he performs on soprano saxophone, clawhammer banjo and electronics. He has held residencies at STEIM, Amsterdam; Experimental Music Studios, Krakow and Katowice, Poland; Sonic Arts Research Studio, Vancouver, Canada; LEMURPlex, Brooklyn; and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts, New York where he developed a sound installation based on Marcel Duchamp's sculpture, With Hidden Noise. An avid phonographer, Holland has recorded sounds on four continents and in over a dozen countries. Holland's latest recording is With Hidden Noises released on Grab Rare Arts (www.grabrarearts.com).

Citation

Holland Hopson. 2010. Life on (Planet). Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI:

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2010-music-Hopson2010a,
 abstract = {Program notes: Life on (Planet) is a work for two rocks and interactive computer processing. The performer clicks and rubs the rocks together in front of a stereo microphone. The computer responds to how the rocks are played, with particular regard to changes in tempo, articulation, volume, and position of the rocks relative to the left/right stereo field of the microphone. Complex combinations of (somewhat) controllable sounds arise from the accretion of input sound combined with feedback from the space.

About the performer:
Holland Hopson is a composer, improviser, and electronic artist. As an instrumentalist he performs on soprano saxophone, clawhammer banjo and electronics. He has held residencies at STEIM, Amsterdam; Experimental Music Studios, Krakow and Katowice, Poland; Sonic Arts Research Studio, Vancouver, Canada; LEMURPlex, Brooklyn; and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts, New York where he developed a sound installation based on Marcel Duchamp's sculpture, With Hidden Noise. An avid phonographer, Holland has recorded sounds on four continents and in over a dozen countries. Holland's latest recording is With Hidden Noises released on Grab Rare Arts (www.grabrarearts.com).},
 address = {Sydney, Australia},
 author = {Holland Hopson},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 editor = {Andrew Johnston, Sam Ferguson, Jos Mulder, Somaya Langley, Garth Paine, Jon Drummond, Greg Schiemer, Kirsty Beilharz, Roger Mills},
 month = {June},
 publisher = {University of Technology Sydney},
 title = {Life on (Planet)},
 year = {2010}
}