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Unsculpt

  • AV Performance
  • Live Cinema (Narrative)
  • Experimental Electronics
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Unsculpt
Inspired by the writings of Donna Haraway and the methodology of speculative architecture, Unsculpt explores urban and natural scenes created from the assemblage of human and machine agencies. Generated with artificial intelligence, synthetic landscapes emerge as fragments of dreams, faded postcards from an imagined future.

Human and natural constructions – mountains, sea shores, skyscrapers and facades – are digitally sampled, instanciated and assembled in animated collages. A fleeting materiality emerges, machine learning allowing for slow metamorphosis between textures and materials, from marble to silk, from concrete to flesh.

The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Duration (minutes)

45

What is needed

performance space
- the stage should be empty/no visible equipment from other performances
audio
- good stereo PA system with subwoofers
- 2 monitors on stage
- 2 TRS cables from soundcard or mixing board to DIs (for stereo output)
- 2 DIs
- cabling
lighting
- minimal lighting on the performer (should not interfere with the projection)
video
- small video monitor with HDMI input
- HDMI cable for the monitor
- HDMI output to the projector from the stage riser
- large video screen 16:9 backdrop, full size (to the floor)
- video projector full HD 10000+ lumens
other
- 1 stage riser for laptops and sound card (4’x8’ or 1x2m), max 80cm high
- locked space with a table to store the instruments between soundcheck and performance if they can’t be left on the stage minimum personel
- sound and video technician

What the artists brings

- computers for audio and video
- MOTU Ultralite-mk3 Hybrid
- modular synth
- mixing board
- electrical adapters
- midi controller

  • AV Performance
  • Live Cinema (Narrative)
  • Experimental Electronics

Authors

Myriam Bleau
Myriam Bleau

Canada Montreal

Events

Live Cinema Festival 2022
Live Cinema Festival 2022
Saturday, 24 September 2022