For this event [ _ _ _ ], the network music ensemble formed by the artists Li Song, Liu Jia, and Tan Shuoxin, all originally from Mainland China, presented a collaborative algorithmic music performance from their current locations in the UK and Germany. They each live-coded their algorithms while connected through a communication mechanism they have created, the algorithms then were live-interpreted into sound in the bunker space at HKBU AVA Kai Tak campus, from where the live-stream was broadcast.
The performance was followed by a Q&A between the artists and Edward Sanderson.
Documentation
On Facebook: https://fb.watch/pLtO6HCfYg/
Interview
ARTIST BIOS:
Liu Jia
Liu Jia is a composer and computer music performer based in Karlsruhe, Germany. She studied composition and music informatics at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the University of Music Karlsruhe. Her works for orchestra and ensemble as well as electroacoustic music, computer music and multimedia compositions were performed at music festivals and international conferences in Nice, Saint-Étienne, Karlsruhe, Graz, Shanghai and Daegu. Currently, she is focusing on algorithmic music and its possibilities for network collaboration.
刘佳是生活在德国卡尔斯鲁厄的作曲家与计算机音乐表演者。她曾在上海音乐学院和卡尔斯鲁厄学音乐学院学习作曲，目前在卡尔斯鲁厄继续研读音乐信息学。她的管弦乐队与室内乐作品、电子声学与计算机音乐等作品曾在尼斯、圣埃斯蒂安、卡尔斯鲁厄、格拉茨、上海和大邱的音乐节与国际会议上演。目前她正专注于算法音乐以及它在网际合作中可能性的研究。
Tan Shuoxin
Tan Shuoxin, born in Beijing, working as a freelance composer and sound artist. She studies Epistemic Media at Institute for Music and Media Düsseldorf. Her research and practice currently focus on algorithmic acoustics, sound ontology and Lacanian topology.
谭硕欣，生于北京，自由作曲家和声音艺术家。 她在杜塞尔多夫音乐与媒体学院学习认知媒体。目前专注于算法声学，声音本体论，拉康拓扑学的研究与实践。
https://mewithoutnara.bandcamp.com/
Li Song
Li Song is a musician and software engineer based in London. He plays improvised music with computer and composes works for electronics and acoustic instruments. Also member of kunjinkao and No Performance.
李松是一名居住在伦敦的乐手和软件工程师。他使用计算机演奏即兴音乐，并为电子和原声乐器作曲。他也是kunjinkao和不演了的成员。