Digital Performance Laboratory inaugural residency and concert
The Digital Performance Laboratory (DPL) held a concert in December to mark two events; the culmination of a two week inaugural residency by Dr Till Bovermann, a post-doctoral researcher on tangible and auditory interfaces at Media Lab Helsinki, and the public unveiling of the DPL's innovative custom Headphone Concert System.
The concert, given by Dr Bovermann and Dr Tom Hall (Dept of Music and Performing Arts), was entitled 'Chip Interpretations', and utilised both multichannel conventional speaker arrangement, as well as headphones for each audience member. The theme of the concert, and part of Dr Bovermann's current research, questioned the notion of discrete information in relation to the very nature of digital material and its representation in sound.
Dr Bovermann said of his time in Cambridge: "The fortnight residency in the Digital Performance Laboratory was an invaluable opportunity to focus on my research in a lively research environment. It was particularly fruitful to have the opportunity to combine my artistic research in digital materiality with the DPL's unique headphone system, and a highlight of my stay was combining these elements in a performance with Tom Hall in a concert at Anglia Ruskin. We hope to extend this research further in the near future."
Dr Bovermann's residency was sponsored by the Media Lab Helsinki.
The concert, given by Dr Bovermann and Dr Tom Hall (Dept of Music and Performing Arts), was entitled 'Chip Interpretations', and utilised both multichannel conventional speaker arrangement, as well as headphones for each audience member. The theme of the concert, and part of Dr Bovermann's current research, questioned the notion of discrete information in relation to the very nature of digital material and its representation in sound.
Dr Bovermann said of his time in Cambridge: "The fortnight residency in the Digital Performance Laboratory was an invaluable opportunity to focus on my research in a lively research environment. It was particularly fruitful to have the opportunity to combine my artistic research in digital materiality with the DPL's unique headphone system, and a highlight of my stay was combining these elements in a performance with Tom Hall in a concert at Anglia Ruskin. We hope to extend this research further in the near future."
Dr Bovermann's residency was sponsored by the Media Lab Helsinki.
The starting point for the concert was to combine the results of Dr Bovermann's innovative research with the Digital Performance Laboratory's Headphone Concert System. This equipment, one of its kind and custom made by DACS Audio, equips each audience member with a personal high-quality headphone amplifier, with a volume controller and choice of two independent audio tracks. The equipment was developed in response to a technical and creative brief by Dr Tom Hall, one of whose research interests is immersive audio.
Douglas Doherty, CEO of DACS Audio, said of the brief given to him: "My background is in the field of academic music, so this project was interesting to me in a number of ways. As a technical challenge the provision of multiple high quality headphone amplification was right up our street. After a couple of conversations with Dr Hall we knew what we were aiming for both performance and cost wise. Ray Lee, then our Technical Manager, managed the technical development and the result has proved more than satisfactory. Here's to the next successful and unique concert with the system!"
The Digital Performance Laboratory is concerned with digital performance and its representations, with an emphasis on digital sound production and human computer interaction.
For further information about this research or the Digital Performance Laboratory please contact Dr Tom Hall.
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