Viral symphOny
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viral symphOny is a collaborative electronic noise music symphony created by the digital artist Joseph Nechvatal [1][2]. It was created between the years 2006 and 2008 using custom artificial life [3] C++ software based on the viral phenomenon model.[4] It is 1 hour and 40 minutes in length. [5]
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[edit] Awards
- viral symphOny was chosen as prize winner at the 9th Festival Internacional de Investigación Artística de Valencia, After The Net, 5-29 June 2008, Valencia, Spain [6]
- viral symphOny was voted #2 in the top ten at free103.9 radio in 2007
- SoundLAB VI selected artist: Joseph Nechvatal
[edit] Movements
- movement 1 : the enthrOning
28.10 min
- Joseph Nechvatal : original concept viral structures
- Matthew Underwood : nano, micro, meso and macro structures
- Andrew Deutsch : meso and macro structures
- Stephane Sikora : C++ programming
- Steven Mygind Pedersen : IEA project technician
- movement 2 : murmuring tOngue Of Ovid
20.53 min
- Joseph Nechvatal : original concept, viral structures, & synthesizer
- Matthew Underwood : nano, micro, meso and macro structures
- Stephane Sikora : C++ viral programming
- Ovid's Metamorphosis: text
- Jane Lawrence Smith: voice
- movement 3 : pastOral pleasures
12.08 min
- Joseph Nechvatal : original concept, viral structures, and text
- Matthew Underwood : nano, micro, meso and macro structures
- Stephane Sikora : C++ programming
- movement 4 : viractual terminate
10.10
- Joseph Nechvatal : original mix concept
- Matthew Underwood : nano, micro, meso and macro structures
- Andrew Deutsch meso and macro structures Stephane Sikora : C++ programming
- Kevin Harkins: orchestration for percussion, didgeridoo, piano, violin and strings
- pOstmOrtem
28:10
- Joseph Nechvatal : original mix concept
- Matthew Underwood : nano, micro, meso and macro structures
- Andrew Deutsch meso and macro structures Stephane Sikora : C++ programming
- Kevin Harkins: orchestration for String Section (Violins, Cello and Bass), Dijeridoo, E-pad (sort of harmonium-ish) Air Pizz (hammered calliope, sometimes including the hammered operator), Grand Piano, Orchestral Percussion Section, English Horn, Bassoon, Harp and Horn Section (French Horns, Trumpets, Trombone)
[edit] Performance history
- The complete viral symphOny was performed at Diapason at 882 Third Avenue, Brooklyn New York on Friday February 13, 2009
- viral symphOny is downloadable for free at www.archive.org
- The first three movements of the viral symphOny net broadcast by WebSYNradio four times a day from September 30 to October 7th, 2010.[1]
- Web published in 2010 its entirety as part of the W2F Festival [2]
- The complete viral symphOny was performed as the soundtrack to a digital art projection by Joseph Nechvatal (in collaboration with Stephane Sikora) on September 26th, 2010 at Galerie Richard in Paris. [7]
[edit] References
- Artística de Valencia, After The Net, 5 – 29 June 2008, Valencia, Spain: catalogue: Observatori 2008: After The Future, p. 80
- Joseph Nechvatal Interview
- Review of full viral symphOny by Continuo
- Review / Joseph Nechvatal :: viral symphOny at SONHORS
[edit] Recording reference
- viral symphOny (first movement only) CD Produced in 2006 at The Institute for Electronic Arts
- viral venus vibratOr web published at Soanyway
- viral symphOny (28'09") and murmuring tOngue Of Ovid (20:53) web published at UbuWeb
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Joseph Nechvatal Interview: see end for mention of viral symphOny
- ^ viral symphOny archived at archive.org
- ^ Dean Crandell review of viral symphOny
- ^ 2 excerpts from viral symphOny at UbuWeb
- ^ Review of full viral symphOny by Continuo
- ^ Observatori 2008: After The Future, p. 80
- ^ Joseph Nechvatal Art rétinal revisité: histoire de l’oeil press release citing the performance, p. 33
