Comments on: Watch Poeme Electronique, Landmark 1958 Animation and Electronic Score http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:18:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-114031 Peter Kirn Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:01:07 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-114031 I've added an updated link to the video. More updates on Poeme and other assorted discussions relevant to this coming soon, so stay tuned. :) I’ve added an updated link to the video.

More updates on Poeme and other assorted discussions relevant to this coming soon, so stay tuned. :)

]]> By: Janet Ridout http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-113897 Janet Ridout Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:38:50 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-113897 I was very much looking forward to it --but the video is not available any longer... -??? I was very much looking forward to it –but the video is not available any longer… -???

]]> By: Janet Ridout http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-113896 Janet Ridout Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:36:45 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-113896 I wonder if it occured to anyone to contact Ilhan Mimaroglu about this projects (the Turkish composer whose early electronic works are on several of the Colombia series of the '60s), because, I believe, Varese left some of his materials he used towards the construction of this piece as well as some of the original tapes to him -they were good friends in NY --had many intellectual interests (with Mimaroglu's deep French-based cultural background, etc...) I wonder if it occured to anyone to contact Ilhan Mimaroglu about this projects (the Turkish composer whose early electronic works are on several of the Colombia series of the ’60s), because, I believe, Varese left some of his materials he used towards the construction of this piece as well as some of the original tapes to him -they were good friends in NY –had many intellectual interests (with Mimaroglu’s deep French-based cultural background, etc…)

]]> By: Lawrence Harvey http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-112005 Lawrence Harvey Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:53:46 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-112005 Just after the Architecture, Music Acoustics Conference in Toronto last year, a working party met in Brussels to discuss, cost and generally scope out the feasibility of reconstructing the Poeme. You could contact Sven Sterken for more information; sven.sterken@rug.ac.be Just after the Architecture, Music Acoustics Conference in Toronto last year, a working party met in Brussels to discuss, cost and generally scope out the feasibility of reconstructing the Poeme. You could contact Sven Sterken for more information; sven.sterken@rug.ac.be

]]> By: martin http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-111237 martin Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:55:09 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-111237 the video is no longer available. what happened? the video is no longer available. what happened?

]]> By: SynC Sonics - Experimental Music » Blog Archive » Poeme Electronique, Landmark 1958 Animation and Electronic Score http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-111011 SynC Sonics - Experimental Music » Blog Archive » Poeme Electronique, Landmark 1958 Animation and Electronic Score Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:32:17 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-111011 [...] The seminal electroacoustic music composition Poeme Electronique was first performed at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The work was a revolution in that it included synchronised Animation and Electronic Score, spatialised over 400 loudspeakers and occupied the extraoidinary Phillip Pavilion designed by the architect Le Corbusier. The music was composed by Xenakis and Varese, and is definately part of the cannon of electronic music. [...] [...] The seminal electroacoustic music composition Poeme Electronique was first performed at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The work was a revolution in that it included synchronised Animation and Electronic Score, spatialised over 400 loudspeakers and occupied the extraoidinary Phillip Pavilion designed by the architect Le Corbusier. The music was composed by Xenakis and Varese, and is definately part of the cannon of electronic music. [...]

]]> By: Richard Dobson http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-106660 Richard Dobson Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:08:08 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-106660 I was part of a team that in 2005 created a full interactive virtual reality recreation of the Poeme (a Culture2000 project) , based on all extant materials (the three-channel source tapes), and knowledge of the spatialization. hardware (350 speakers). Gbytes of binaural spatialization data was employed, controlled by a user wearling a VR display helmet with head tracking. Two computers were employed. My modest contribution was to "compose" the spatialization, based on the scant information that has survived, such as a 30sec extract from the original control score, all that remains of the original. The control tapes exist, but are unplayable. The project is described (with demo videos) here: http://vep.dyndns.org You will need the Shockwave plugin to viwew some of the materials, not least the interactive demo (i.e. you can move around in the space while the piece is rendering) of the whole thing. Rumous abound of a project to build a full-size replica of the pavilion (i.e. bricks and mortar!); but I know no more about it than that. I was part of a team that in 2005 created a full interactive virtual reality recreation of the Poeme (a Culture2000 project) , based on all extant materials (the three-channel source tapes), and knowledge of the spatialization. hardware (350 speakers). Gbytes of binaural spatialization data was employed, controlled by a user wearling a VR display helmet with head tracking. Two computers were employed.

My modest contribution was to “compose” the spatialization, based on the scant information that has survived, such as a 30sec extract from the original control score, all that remains of the original. The control tapes exist, but are unplayable.

The project is described (with demo videos) here:

http://vep.dyndns.org

You will need the Shockwave plugin to viwew some of the materials, not least the interactive demo (i.e. you can move around in the space while the piece is rendering) of the whole thing.

Rumous abound of a project to build a full-size replica of the pavilion (i.e. bricks and mortar!); but I know no more about it than that.

]]> By: marisa http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-14907 marisa Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:32:32 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-14907 :) awesome, huh? :) awesome, huh?

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-14841 Peter Kirn Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:58:35 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-14841 Wasn't that portion just with colored lights? You know, I'm really surprised that no one has tried restoring the work, even just to do an installation of the animation and sound score in part. (I don't think all the tracks of the multitrack installation survived.) I've seen a couple of dissertations on the piece, but I don't know of anyone trying to mount it from the surviving pieces and descriptions. (Has anyone?) Wasn’t that portion just with colored lights?

You know, I’m really surprised that no one has tried restoring the work, even just to do an installation of the animation and sound score in part. (I don’t think all the tracks of the multitrack installation survived.) I’ve seen a couple of dissertations on the piece, but I don’t know of anyone trying to mount it from the surviving pieces and descriptions. (Has anyone?)

]]> By: Nick Knouf http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-14840 Nick Knouf Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:55:35 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/27/watch-poeme-electronique-landmark-1958-animation-and-electronic-score/#comment-14840 Excellent, thanks; I've been wanting to see this for a while. Does anybody know if there was an animation/film that went along with the Xenakis interlude? Excellent, thanks; I’ve been wanting to see this for a while.

Does anybody know if there was an animation/film that went along with the Xenakis interlude?

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