V'Oct(Ritual)

Mark Bokowiec, and Julie Wilson-Bokowiec

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

  • Year: 2011
  • Location: Oslo, Norway
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Abstract:

Program notes: V'Oct(Ritual) places the audience inside a circular liminal space of sonic evocation and features the Bodycoder System© the first generation of which was developed by the artists in 1995. The Bodycoder interface is a flexible sensor array worn on the body of a performer that sends data generated by movement to an MSP environment via radio. All vocalisations, decision making, navigation of the MSP environment and qualities of expressivity are selected, initiated and manipulated by the performer, uniquely, this also includes access to gestural control of live 8-channel spatialization. This piece is fully scored with few moments of improvisation. About the performers: Julie Wilson-Bokowiec: has created new works in opera/music theatre, contemporary dance and theatre and has worked with Lindsey Kemp, Genesis P-Orridge, Psychic TV and Hermann Nitsch. Julie is a Research Fellow at CeReNem (Centre for Research in New Music) at the University of Huddersfield. Mark Bokowiec: is the manager of the electroacoustic music studios and the Spacialization and Interactive Research Lab at the University of Huddersfield where he also lectures in interactive performance, interface design and composition. Mark began creating work with interactive technologies in 1995.

Citation:

Mark Bokowiec, and Julie Wilson-Bokowiec. 2011. V'Oct(Ritual). Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{nime2011-music-Bokowiec2011,
 abstract = {Program notes: V'Oct(Ritual) places the audience inside a circular liminal space of sonic evocation  and features the Bodycoder System© the first generation of which was developed by the artists in 1995.  The Bodycoder interface is a flexible sensor array worn on the body of a performer that sends data generated by movement to an MSP environment via radio. All vocalisations, decision making, navigation of the MSP environment and qualities of expressivity are selected, initiated and manipulated by the performer, uniquely, this also includes access to gestural control of live 8-channel spatialization.  This piece is fully scored with few moments of improvisation.

About the performers: Julie Wilson-Bokowiec: has created new works in opera/music theatre, contemporary dance and theatre and has worked with Lindsey Kemp, Genesis P-Orridge, Psychic TV and Hermann Nitsch.  Julie is a Research Fellow at CeReNem (Centre for Research in New Music) at the University of Huddersfield.
Mark Bokowiec: is the manager of the electroacoustic music studios and the Spacialization and Interactive Research Lab at the University of Huddersfield where he also lectures in interactive performance, interface design and composition.  Mark began creating work with interactive technologies in 1995.},
 address = {Oslo, Norway},
 author = {Mark Bokowiec and Julie Wilson-Bokowiec},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 editor = {Kjell Tore Innervik and Ivar Frounberg},
 month = {June},
 publisher = {Norwegian Academy of Music},
 title = {V'Oct(Ritual)},
 url = {https://vimeo.com/27694214},
 year = {2011}
}