Tag Archives: Franziska Schroeder

site update: Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

By Han-earl Park | Published: March 6, 2010

Initial update to the io 0.0.1 beta++ site including a move to the Thematic Framework, and a new front page with information on the performance by io 0.0.1 beta++ at Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) on May 26, 2010: Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) will be the site for on-stage meetings between human and machine improvisers. [...]

Posted in performance, website | Also tagged Arts Council of Ireland, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Bruce Coates, Cork, Francis Heery, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, iWife, John Godfrey, Music Network, performance, The Castle Bar and Trattoria, Thematic, UCC School of Music, website | Leave a comment

performances: Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

By Han-earl Park | Published: December 15, 2009

2010 (date TBC): Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) will be the site for on-stage meetings between human and machine improvisers. This event will mark the debut of two extraordinary machine musicians, io 0.0.1 beta++ and iWife constructed by Han-earl Park and John Godfrey respectively. Featuring Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones), and Francis Heery (diffusion), [...]

Posted in performance | Also tagged Arts Council of Ireland, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Bruce Coates, Cork, Francis Heery, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, iWife, John Godfrey, Music Network, performance, The Castle Bar and Trattoria, UCC School of Music | 2 Comments

source code 05-12-2009

By Han-earl Park | Published: July 1, 2009

Source code for io 0.0.1 beta (rev. May 12th 2009) [86kB zip file]. There have been major changes since 03-23-2009 as a result of the beta tests with Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder. These changes are unfortunately not documented/commented at the moment, but I’m uploading the source files for the record.

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postponed: performance at Blackrock Castle Observatory

By Han-earl Park | Published: July 1, 2009

The performance at Blackrock Castle Observatory by io 0.0.1 beta++ will not take place as scheduled in February 2010. The event would have featured Bruce Coates, Franziska Schroeder and Han-earl Park, plus John Godfrey. We are still looking to put this on in 2010, and we are seeking further funding and performance opportunities. Interested bodies, please [...]

Posted in performance | Also tagged Blackrock Castle Observatory, Bruce Coates, Han-earl Park, John Godfrey, performance | Leave a comment

io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic? (a report from TWO Thousand + NINE)

By Han-earl Park | Published: June 19, 2009

Some thoughts and observations from my presentation on io 0.0.1 beta at the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium, the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland. [Abstract…] At the end of the presentation, a couple of remarks stood out. One was Franziska Schroeder’s comment that the presentation posed more questions than provided answers, and the other [...]

Posted in performance, theory | Also tagged actors, agency, Arts Council of Ireland, Belfast, Calvin and Hobbs, Han-earl Park, identities, imaginary conversations, improvisation, io 0.0.1 beta++, io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic?, machine musician, musical automaton, networks, performance, performer, presentation, relationships, Simon Waters, Sonic Arts Research Center, technological artifact, TWO Thousand + NINE, verbing, volition | Leave a comment

io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic? (slideshow)

By Han-earl Park | Published: May 28, 2009

From the slideshow for the presentation on io 0.0.1 beta at the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium, the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland. [Abstract…] My part (spoken by the humyn participant Han-earl Park) was never written down, but the full transcript of the (imaginary) statements by io 0.0.1 beta are reproduced below. (You can [...]

Posted in performance, theory | Also tagged actors, agency, Arts Council of Ireland, Belfast, Han-earl Park, identities, imaginary conversations, improvisation, io 0.0.1 beta++, io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic?, machine musician, Margaret Thatcher, musical automaton, networks, performance, performer, relationships, Sonic Arts Research Center, technological artifact, TWO Thousand + NINE | Leave a comment

beta test 03-26-09: audio recordings

By Han-earl Park | Published: March 30, 2009

Here is the (not yet annotated) audio documentation of the io++ beta test with Franziska Schroeder on March 26th 2009. beta test 03-26-09_00 [mp3] beta test 03-26-09_01 [mp3] beta test 03-26-09_02 [mp3] beta test 03-26-09_03 [mp3] beta test 03-26-09_04 [mp3] beta test 03-26-09_05 [mp3] beta test 03-26-09_06 [mp3] Performers are io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself) and Franziska Schroeder (saxophone). Thanks to the Arts [...]

Posted in audio recordings, beta test, construction, hardware, performance, software | Also tagged Arts Council of Ireland, beta test, mp3, performance, software, UCC Department of Music | Leave a comment

beta test 11-10-08 & 12-08-08: resultant changes

By Han-earl Park | Published: March 25, 2009

Here’s a list of the significant changes. These address issues that Franziska Schroeder and Bruce Coates brought up during the testings in November and December respectively. Greater variation in output. Including pseudo-Braxtonian ‘separation’ implemented via interp tables. Implementation of a meta-banalyzer that shakes up the system depending on input variation. Greater variation in the VL70m settings. More responsive to external [...]

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beta test 11-10-08: preamble

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 25, 2008

frankenmusic(s) Almost eight years ago, when io-to-be was a bunch of discorporate code fragments, Sara Roberts remarked that the enterprise of constructing a machine improvisers wasn’t so much megalomanic as Frankensteinian. Fifteen days ago, during the break between beta test sessions, Franziska Schroeder asked a pithy question that cut to the core of this enterprise: what do [...]

Posted in beta test, construction, theory | Also tagged Arts Council of Ireland, beta test, construction, Frankenstein, In Conversation with an Automaton: Identities and Agency in a Heterogeneous Social and Musical Network, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Sara Roberts | Leave a comment

io + I met

By Franziska Schroeder | Published: November 24, 2008

On the 10th of November 2008 I had the great pleasure to meet io. She seemed a rather calm, clandestine creature, not saying much… not moving much, in fact not engaging with me much at all. However, she appeared to be a ’saxophonistic’ persona – shiny, slightly shimmering in the sunlit surroundings. But who is io? What [...]

Posted in beta test, performance, theory | Also tagged beta test, engagement, George E Lewis, improvisation, io, listening | 1 Comment