On July 12, 2013, the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse presented a workshop and performance at the First International Deep Listening Art / Science Conference at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre (EMPAC) in Troy, New York.
It was an honour to be part of this astonishing gathering of listeners, thinkers, educators, researchers and artists. This was a particularly exciting event for the six AOM members who were at the conference, many meeting in person for the first time. Bjorn Eriksson traveled to Troy from Sweden; Tina Pearson from Victoria, Canada; Brenda Hutchinson and Viv Corringham from New York, Norman Lowrey from New Jersey and Pauline Oliveros came from her nearby home in Kingston, New York.
PROGRAM
Wish You Were Here by Brenda Hutchinson
Breathing with PwRHmby Tina Pearson
In Whirled Trance Formations by Norman Lowrey
with live performance of Singing Masks by Norman Lowrey
with live performance of Singing Masks by Norman Lowrey
Interactions - Questions with Audience
Set design and construction by Frieda Kuterna and Norman Lowrey
Instruments built by Andreas Mueller and Norman Lowrey
Animations by Tim Risher and Norman Lowrey
Second Life site: Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator
Thanks to Liz Solo
Instruments built by Andreas Mueller and Norman Lowrey
Animations by Tim Risher and Norman Lowrey
Second Life site: Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator
Thanks to Liz Solo
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| AOM - Wish You Were Here. Set by Frieda Kuterna |
PERFORMERS
BlaiseDeLaFrance Voom, aka Biagio Francia (Agropoli, Italy)Cajska Carlsson, aka Simon Jones (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Frieda Korda, aka Frieda Kuterna (Regensburg, Germany)
Groucho Parx, aka Brenda Hutchinson (Brooklyn & San Francisco, USA) - onsite
Humming Pera, aka Tina M. Pearson (Victoria, BC, Canada) - onsite
Maxxo Klaar, aka Max D. Well (Regensburg, Germany)
Miulew Takahe, aka Björn Eriksson (Sollefteå, Sweden) - onsite
Miulew Takahe, aka Björn Eriksson (Sollefteå, Sweden) - onsite
North Zipper, aka Norman Lowrey (New Jersey, USA) - onsite
Paco Mariani, aka Chris Wittkowsky (Regensburg, Germany)
Paco Mariani, aka Chris Wittkowsky (Regensburg, Germany)
Zonzo Spyker, aka Viv Corringham (Minneapolis, MN, USA / London, UK) - onsite
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| Brenda Hutchinson, Norman Lowrey, Viv Corringham, Bjorn Eriksson, Tina Pearson at EMPAC with Second Life screen in background, preparing for performance. |
