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Performance by Scanner and Stephen Vitiello
Sound is encoded in grooves on vinyl, particles on tape and pits in plastic; it travels as acoustic pressure, electromagnetic waves, scratching, hiss, and interference. But increasingly these familiar clicks and pops co-mingle in the aural landscape with new sounds and surfaces from both the everyday and the archive. |
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To download right click (PC) ctrl click (Mac) and select save target as. Scanner and Stephen Vitiello were commissioned by Tate Online Events, to remix and post produce samples from digital recordings of their performance at Tate Modern in April. Incorporating samples from the opening presentation by Sound Critic Philip Sherburne, and live performances by the two artists. A compression of the words, ideas and structures arising out of the live event, Sound/Surface. Conceptually exploring the surface noise of performance. This not for profit, downloadable audio track is 14:00 minutes long.
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After a brief introduction by Curators, Stuart Comer and Ben Borthwick, Sound Critic Philip Sherburne preludes live performances by Scanner and Vitiello with a detailed analysis of surface, depth, sound and space. During the Question and Answer session, Scanner and Vitiello describe details of their individual practice, collaboration and controller interfaces used during the live event. See further: Sampling and Controller Interfaces
The Sound/Surface Introduction and Question & Answer sessions are available as Real Audio files encoded for 56k modem. You do not need to download these files. They will stream directly to your desktop and play back in the RealOne Player. Note the archives are audio only, there is no visual data. These Real Audio files are subject to copyright restrictions as outlined by the Tate Online Event copyright statement.
During the live event, Vitiello used a light sensor, amplifying light sources on stage. Also, processing field recordings from Marfa, Texas, of insects, trains, wind and Donald Judd sculptures expanding and contracting in the summer heat. Scanner used microscopic recordings of termites, flys and ants, processed shortwave radio broadcasts and interfaced them via an Alesis AirFX and Alesix AirSynth which are theremin type devices, where the sound is altered according to the movements of your hands across the invisible light beams around them. The track also incorporates samples taken from Philip Sherburne's introduction, quiet, obscured and occasional, amidst the duet. Working in response to the Donald Judd exhibition at Tate Modern: mixing performance, talk and discussion, this sound forum featured New York artist Stephen Vitiello, whose work includes site-specific field recordings of Donald Judd sculptures in Marfa, Texas, and UK artist Scanner, whose recent projects include Warhol's Surfaces, an aural distillation of Warhol's persona through manipulation of the legendary Pop Artist's voice. Joined by sound critic Philip Sherburne. Related Event Archive:
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