Tag Archives: Franziska Schroeder

CD preview: io 0.0.1 beta++

Available fall August 2011: ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) with io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself), Han-earl Park (guitar), Bruce Coates (alto and sopranino saxophones) and Franziska Schroeder (soprano saxophone). © 2011 Han-earl Park. ℗ 2011 SLAM Productions. More info to follow… updates 06–11–11: change release date to August 2011.

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standing alone (liner notes: io 0.0.1 beta++)

Third excerpt from Sara Roberts’ liner notes to ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531): For the audience, wondering how this artifact has so much presence, is so handily managing a situation they themselves might be challenged to negotiate? There is something in io’s performance that a human musician, even playing io as an instrument, could not […]

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its own sound (liner notes: io 0.0.1 beta++)

Another short excerpt from Sara Roberts’ liner notes to ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531): io 0.0.1 beta++ is rather special in being both an instrument and a player. And given the two attributes it has a very particular sound, ‘sound’ here referring to both timbral quality and the broader sense of having an indelible identity, […]

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a curious situation (liner notes: io 0.0.1 beta++)

A short excerpt from the liner notes to ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) written by the California-based interactive media artist Sara Roberts: On the stage: two men, a woman, and an artifact, a freestanding mélange of industrial, military, and domestic hardware. The humans hold graceful, polished objects, but the domed assemblage stands alone. And while […]

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photographs: Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

Long overdue, but here are a few photographs from the May 26, 2010 performance by io 0.0.1 beta++ with Han-earl Park, Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder at Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) [details…]. All photos by, and copyright 2010, Stephanie Hough. io 0.0.1 beta++ (Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork, May 26, 2010). Photo © 2010 Stephanie […]

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CD in preparation: io 0.0.1 beta++

CD cover preview: io 0.0.1 beta++ with Han-earl Park, Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder (copyright 2011, Han-earl Park).

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feedback: Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

Audio and visual documentation of the May 26, 2010 performance by io 0.0.1 beta++ with Han-earl Park, Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder, plus iWife with John Godfrey, will be posted over next few weeks. I’ll also be posting my report, but, in the meantime, if anyone would like to add their feedback, make criticisms or […]

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acknowledgments: Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

Formal acknowledgments below, but my personal thanks to Clair and Riccardo for hosting this event, to Kevin for the behind-the-scenes help, to John Hough for answering requests for technical assistance, and to Stephanie for her visual skills. Special kudos to Melanie for supporting me through the highs and lows of prepping and running this venture, […]

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tonight! Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

This evening (Wednesday, May 26, 2010) at 8:00 pm (doors: 7:45 pm): a performance by io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself) with Han-earl Park (guitar), and Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones), plus iWife (itself) with John Godfrey (guitar) and Francis Heery (diffusion) at Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) [Details…] Tickets: €16.00 (€10.00 concessions). [Get tickets…] Note: […]

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performance: Bruce Coates, Han-earl Park with Marian Murray

Tonight (Monday, May 24, 2010), at 9:00 pm (doors: 8:45pm): in anticipation to the performance with io 0.0.1 beta++ at Blackrock Castle Observatory, an improvised music performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar) with Marian Murray (violin) at The Roundy (Castle Street, Cork, Ireland). Admission is €10 (€5) at the door. [Details…] Come see/hear […]

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shapes of io++ to come 05-23-10

Come see/hear the semi-autonomous, interactive musical automaton performing with Han-earl Park, Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder on 26 May 2010 at Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland). [Details…]

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Irish Examiner: ‘Musical “robot” to play Blackrock Castle’

From the Irish Examiner, May 21, 2010: …A unique concert next week when musical machines are unleashed to an audience eager to hear improvisation in the widest possible meaning of the word. One of those due to perform at the Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork is Han-earl Park’s robot-like io 0.0.1 beta++, a machine made […]

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