During a workshop with Beatriz Cantinho(dance), Ricardo Jacinto(Cello) and Nuno Torres(sax), we explored the potential of a body tracking system in real time improvisation. Predefine rules for spacial and motion analysis of the performer were fed to sound manipulation modules, extending the soundscape created by the acoustic instruments. [read more...]

HOSTED BY UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
WATERFRONT HALL, BELFAST
WITH HUBS AT COLERAINE, DERRY, DUBLIN, SCOTLAND

The University of Ulster will be hosting the ISEA 2009 symposium in
association with academic partners in the Republic of Ireland and Scotland,
national and international industry and business sponsors, and through [read more...]

Painting in Light: Experimental Film and the Advent of Improvisational
Cinema

The traditional model for cinematic expression is as a controlled
environment moving forward in a linear direction. From its inception the
art of filmmaking has been dominated by a single form of chronological
development. Each film exists as a series of frames that are static at the
start of the film. [read more...]