Date and location
March 8, 2016
Orpheus Institute, Ghent
Composing with and within space
EventMarch 8, 2016ORCiM Study Day with Natasha Barrett
In this study day, open to the wider public, composers, performers and music researchers will be introduced to Barrett’s major contributions to the fields of acousmatic music and live electronics as well as to the development of higher order ambisonics, or immersive sound formats used to capture and reproduce three-dimensional sonic environments. Additionally, members of MusicExperiment 21 will present their upcoming collaboration with Barrett in a media archaeological performance of J.S. Bachs’s Goldberg Variations, developed by Heloisa Amaral within the framework of her docARTES PhD-project.
Context
Composer and live electronics performer Natasha Barrett is considered one of the leading experts in the creative application of 3D sound in contemporary art in Europe. Barrett’s interest for 3D space as integral part of her musical language have led her to a deep understanding of sound spatialization techniques expressed in instrumental and electroacoustic compositions, live electronics performance as well as in sound-architectural installations and public interactive art developed in collaboration with scientists, architects and designers.
Guest spreaker
Since completing her doctoral degree (UK, 1998) Natasha Barrett has lived and worked in Norway. Her works are commissioned and performed throughout the world. Her compositions have been awarded numerous prizes in internationally recognized competitions for electroacoustic music, and her trajectory includes residencies and projects at central institutions such as IRCAM, ZKM, Ars Electronica Linz. Barrett currently holds a research position at the University of Oslo, Department of Musicology as part of Music, Mind, Motion, Machines, an inter-facultary research group working on issues in music cognition, sensor technologies and machine learning.
Schedule
10.00-11.00 | Paulo de Assis A short introduction to MusicExperiment 21 and its experimental performance practices |
11:00-13:00 | Natasha Barrett |
Lunch Break | |
14:30-15:30 | Heloisa Amaral |
Coffee Break | |
16.00-17.030 | Discussion |
