Talandon

Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Talandon, is a live composition created in 2015 for a custom designed electroacoustic musical instrument, the semantron and light. The music is developed around a basic rhythmic pattern radiated directly from the body of the instrument and from a set of physical models simulating various vibrating structures. The interplay between the rhythmic gestures [form] of the performer and the resonance of the physical and virtual bodies [colour] is enriched, transformed and amplified by the presence of the light component of the composition. Musical sounds and sculpted light create a pure and transcendent soundscape and landscape; silence and shadows express the inner fine values of the work. The composition seeks spirituality and interprets Kandinsky's language of form and colour.

Citation

Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos. 2024. Talandon. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15028085

BibTeX Entry

@article{nime2024_music_33,
 abstract = {Talandon, is a live composition created in 2015 for a custom designed electroacoustic musical instrument, the semantron and light. The music is developed around a basic rhythmic pattern radiated directly from the body of the instrument and from a set of physical models simulating various vibrating structures. The interplay between the rhythmic gestures [form] of the performer and the resonance of the physical and virtual bodies [colour] is enriched, transformed and amplified by the presence of the light component of the composition. Musical sounds and sculpted light create a pure and transcendent soundscape and landscape; silence and shadows express the inner fine values of the work. The composition seeks spirituality and interprets Kandinsky's language of form and colour.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {33},
 author = {Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15028085},
 editor = {Laurel Smith Pardue and Palle Dahlstedt},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {3},
 pages = {114--116},
 presentation-video = {},
 title = {Talandon},
 track = {Music},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_music_33.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}