Ciclo 2015-2016
24/05/2016 - 18 Horas Torre B Sala 413
Michael Schumacher
Composer, performer, installation artist: New York University
"Room Piece Lisbon 2016"
He works predominantly with electronic and digital media, creating computer generated sound environments that evolve continuously for long time periods.
He uses multiple speaker configurations that relate the sounds of the installation to the architecture of the exhibition space. His sound installations have been heard at festivals and venues in North America, Europe and Asia. XI Records has published a DVD set of five sound installations, playable on up to eight speakers, which may be installed on a computer to create generative sound environments in the home, Schumacher's composition "Grid". a computer generated score that unfolds in real time, has been in exhibitions in New York. Barcelona and Houston. In 2018 he created a building-wide installation at EMPAC in Troy, NY, that ran continuously for one year. He is an adjunct professor in the Digital Media department of NYU. In 2011 he was the Varèse Guest Professor at Berlin's Technical University. He is founder and director of Diapason, a gallery devoted to sound art located in Brooklyn, NY. Since 2001. Diapason has presented the work of over 368 sound and media artists, including premiers by David Behrman, Jacob Kirkegaard, Stephen Vitiello, Leif Inge, and others.
http://michaelischumacher.com/
http://dinsachine.com/ http://www.diapasongallery.org/
Organizado por Isabel Pires e o Grupo de Investigação em Música Contemporânea do CESEM
