Monday 17 January 2011

Audio Visual Ecstasy - 'Art's Birthday Party 2011' in iPad Drawings



Brian Williams aka Lustmord - Detail


Brian Williams aka Lustmord - Overlord of Sodra Teatern

The Mighty 'Lustmord' aka electronic music/sound artist Brian Williams. The whole of the theatre was captivated in his sinister, black & painfully perfect visuals and rumbling compositions. (Bar one enthusiastically clapping dude

Known more for his music and sounds created for films like The Crow as well as eyeball twisting soundscapes for bands such as The Melvins and Cradle of Filth, here was an absolute legend basking in the pleasure of dominating the audience's attention like some dark inwardly chuckling overlord.

I had the brief but innate pleasure of experiencing some of his talk the evening before with sonic samples at the incredible purpose built Audiorama - 'Audiorama is acoustically and visually designed for the exclusive listening experience. It can hold a seated audience of 70 people, and houses 21 speakers in separate channels, surrounding the listener from floor to ceiling. In addition, the room is equipped with dynamic, programmable light enabling great possibilities during playback.' Sounds incredible right?





The Magic State

Detail of the artist Nadine Byrne of The Magic State, playing visual screenings and live electronic music centering on the female human body.



redUniform - detail


redUniform

Detail from 'redUniform' aka the multi talented musician/visual artist/inventor Fredrik Olofsson from Sweden who developed this piece of wizardry during 6 months as Artist-in-Residence at IAMAS, Japan. See http://www.fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/?q=node%2F303performance for more specific details.

The Mighty 'Lustmord' aka electronic music/sound artist Brian Williams. The whole of the theatre was captivated in his sinister, black & painfully perfect visuals and rumbling compositions (though it could h.

Known more for his music and sounds created for films like The Crow as well as eyeball twisting soundscapes for bands such as The Melvins and Cradle of Filth, here was an absolute legend basking in the pleasure of dominating the audience's attention like some dark inwardly chuckling overlord.

I had the brief but innate pleasure of experiencing some of his talk the evening before with sonic samples at the incredible purpose built Audiorama - 'Audiorama is acoustically and visually designed for the exclusive listening experience. It can hold a seated audience of 70 people, and houses 21 speakers in separate channels, surrounding the listener from floor to ceiling. In addition, the room is equipped with dynamic, programmable light enabling great possibilities during playback.' Sounds incredible right?

Part of the 'Art's Birthday Party 2011' taking place at the esteemed Stockholm Södra Teatern and featuring a mighty line-up of exciting audio/visual artists from Sweden and abroad, spread over 3 great locations.

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