A duet (virtually)
vocal improvisation
2009
performed by Emmanuelle Waeckerlé and Sebastian Lexer
A duet (virtually) is one of the outcomes of VINST, an ongoing research project exploring the body as language and the interplay between the real and the virtual. The work consists of an improvised dialogue between a voice and its avatar.
The whole project is inspired by Deleuze and Guattari who wrote in How do you make yourself a body without organs; “ ... Dismantling the organism has never meant killing yourself, but rather opening the body to connections… The BwO is desire; it is that which one desires and by which one desires.”
In this proposed duet between a voice (EW on stage) and its avatar (VINST played by Sebastian Lexer) interesting connections between virtual instrument and real counterpart are created live.
It is sometimes difficult to separate between real and virtual manifestations, as both infiltrate each others space, thus blurring established boundaries and bridging for a moment the gap between the human and its alter image
programed in Max MSP and Jitter by Sebastian Lexer
with financial support from Arts Council London and UCA research Fund
A duet (virtually) was premiered at NYCEMF (New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival) in the Martin Segal theatre at CUNY on Saturday 4th of April 2009.
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Martin Segal theatre, CUNY - New York
