When virtual meets reality by Anna Xambó @ British Science Festival (September 16, 2022)
When Virtual Meets Real. Manhattan 34 Cellar Bar. British Science Festival. On-site event. September 16, 2022.
About the event
The British Science Association and De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have partnered together to host the British Science Festival in the city of Leicester across five days, 13-17 September, 2022.
The Music, Technology and Innovation - Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI^2) is featured with the talk “Stories of Sound” by James Andean (one of the Awards Lectures at the British Science Festival, awarded in Science and the arts), the audiovisual installation “Traces, Molten” by Bret Battey, and the research concert “When virtual meets reality” by Anna Xambó Sedó.
“When virtual meets reality” is a research concert with three parts. In the first part, the music technology used in the performance is presented to the audience. In the second part, the performance takes place. In the third and last part, an online survey and Q&A group discussion conclude the event.
Further information
- British Science Festival
- When virtual meets reality
- Research concert at the British Science Festival 2022
Programme Notes
Event duration: 60 minutes
The same code that creates the web pages and apps we use everyday can be used to create music. Anna Xambó Sedó is a live-coder who has mastered this skill.
Recently she’s been experimenting with how she can make music in collaboration with a digital companion to create music from large collections of sound data from Freesound.org.
In this one-of-a-kind performance, experience how a virtual companion complements a human live coder to create new and unique music right before your eyes and ears.
Description
The performance consists of a live coding session using the self-built SuperCollider extension MIRLCa combined with a live chat.
Audio / Video
Video
Sound Credit List (Source: Freesound.org):
- Keys over metal fence. by GonzaloCD22 (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Squeaky Door Closing by 12065137 (lic. CC0 1.0)
- 15 hi-leaf.wa by jianhicks (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Cell phone vibration - long pulses by MrAuralization (lic. CC BY 3.0)
- 30_3_Quejidos_de_tiburon.wav by ChristianAnd (lic. CC0 1.0)
- submarine sonar.mp3 by Link-Boy (lic. CC0 1.0)
- thunderstormsoundeffect.mp3 by combine2005 (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Biophonic invasion Marsh frog Rhine river Switzerland by Astounded (lic. CC BY 4.0)
- Laitesukellus, kuplat / Scuba diving, diver underwater with compressed air bottles, bubbles, breathing with regulator, cracking by YleArkisto (lic. CC BY 4.0)
- RaccattaRAEE 25nov12.ogg by suonidibologna (lic. CC BY-NC 3.0) underwaterloop1.wav by scratchikken (https://freesound.org/people/scratchikken/sounds/115609/) (lic. CC BY 4.0)
- 1108 CLEAVER-D#-1-TMc.aif by The_Sample_Workshop (lic. CC BY 4.0)
- scribble.mp3 by indigosierra (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Morphagene_NASA_sounds.wav by ElektroGowk (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Storm by frisko28i (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Thunder, Very Close, Rain, A.wav by InspectorJ (lic. CC BY 4.0)
- sleeping sound of mexican girls by AstronautChild (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Scorpio_Season.wav by MATRIXXX_ (lic. CC0 1.0)
- Ambience birds.wav by MoniqueKruger (lic. CC BY-NC 3.0)
- Ohm of Creation.wav by BaDoink (lic. CC0 1.0)
- BinaryOpUGens_supernova.flac by wjoojoo (lic. CC0 1.0)
Acknowledgments
I am thankful to the British Science Festival for the opportunity to present my work to their audiences in Leicester and a big thank you to the audience who attended the concert for their participation in the session. Thanks to James Andean for inviting me to be part of the MTI2 showcase at the British Science Festival. Many thanks to Chris Johnston for DMU media coverage. Thank you to Laura Hailstone and Becky Gilmore for coordinating the event and Theo and their team for their technical support on the day. Also thanks to Alan Barker for his mentoring role in understanding and communicating to the BSF audience. Last but not least, I’m grateful to Gerard Roma for his constant help and support.