1 November 2014 - EMPAC
AKOUSMA @ EMPAC
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Sometimes known as “cinema for the ear,” acousmatic music is a compositional form traditionally presented in the dark to help focus and intensify the hearing of the audience. Using dozens of loudspeakers hung in a ring surrounding the listeners, composers and performers manipulate the pieces in real time for an all-encompassing experience as electronic sound is moved around the space.
This version of AKOUSMA took place in the EMPAC lobby, placing speakers in the full 220,000 square-foot volume of the building.
Program
Louis Dufort - Étude no.1 for the EMPAC Lobby
Gilles Gobeil - Des temps oubliés
Seth Nehil - Collide
Adam Basanta - instant gris
Adam Basanta - is not a / a / is not
Olivia Block - Dissolution
Louis Dufort - Étude no.2 for the EMPAC Lobby