Altered Images
1995
fixed medium - stereo
12’02”
Awards:
2nd Prize, International São Paulo Electroacoustic Music Competition (CIMESP ’97)
The imagery which occurs in the mind of the listener during the performance of a piece of music and how they relate to the way the music is perceived is the concern of the composer. The placement of sound images in three dimensional space when performing electroacoustic music over a number of loudspeakers and how this imaging relates to the way the music is perceived by the listener is the concern of the sound diffuser.
As a composer and performer of electroacoustic music, I wanted to create a work in which I could investigate and explore these two aspects of "image". There is an interplay between the real image and the altered image throughout the work. Sometimes a sound may be recognised and associated with one in the real world, but these images change over time, as does their associated "meaning". Similarly, the position of the sound image is constantly changing, sometimes slowly, at other times rapidly, and the breadth and depth of these changes are of course enhanced when the piece is performed over a multi‐channel diffusion system.
Altered Images was realised in the Electroacoustic Music Studios at Northern College, Aberdeen and at the University of Birmingham in August 1995.
Altered Images appears on Un Son Peut En Cacher Un Autre available from bandcamp
Altered Images also appears on…
BEASTLegacies Vol. 2
Maximal Music Vol. 4
Performances
1995
Dec 25 - Wired for Sound, London, Ontario, Canada
1996
Jan 23 - Concordia University, Montréal, Canada - EuCuE
Jan 25 - University of Glasgow
Feb 3 - University of Edinburgh
Feb 16 - The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Mar 13 - Northern College, Aberdeen - discoveries xviii
Apr 20 - Birmingham-Southern College, Alabama, USA - SEAMUS Conference
Apr 22 - The Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia
Jun - Musica Y Technologica, Argentina
May - Magyar Radio, Budapest, Hungary
Jul 24 - 220 Volts, De Conzertzender, The Netherlands
Aug 5 - Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil - III Brazilian Computer Music Symposium
Sep 19 - Rotterdam Conservatory, The Netherlands - ISEA
Dec 17 - Audio Daze, Sydney, Australia
1997
Mar - Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow - New Moves: dancer - Andy Howitt
Mar - The Lemon Tree Theatre, Aberdeen - Dance and Technologies; dancer - Andy Howitt
Apr - Temporary Nice Place, CIUT-FM, Toronto
May - City University, London - City University EA Festival
Jun - FASM Theatre, Sao Paulo, Brazil - II CIMESP
Aug - Something Else, WLUW, Chicago
Oct - University of Wales, Bangor
Sep - Thessaloniki, Greece - International Computer Music Conference
Dec - Glissando (via Astra 1A), Germany
Dec - Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Australia - Sonic Residues
1998
Jan - Merril Ellis Intermedia Theatre, University of North Texas, Denton, USA
May - Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London; dancer – Andy Howitt
May - Teleisin Arts Centre, Swansea; dancer – Andy Howitt
May - The Chapter, Cardiff; dancer – Andy Howitt
Jun - Vienna, Austria Elektrokomplex
Oct - Universidade FM radio 107.9MHz, Londrina, Brazil
2000
Jan - Foldover, WOBC 91.5 FM, Oberlin, Ohio, USA - Foldover
Nov - Australian Center for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Australia - Sonic Residues - review Computer Music Journal
Nov - Musica Nova, Universidade FM radio 107.9MHz, Londrina, Brazil
2002
Jan - Melbourne Possible Musics
Mar - Black Box Theater, University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts. Gainesville, USA - 11th FEMF
Nov - Inner Space, 100.5FM, Zagreb, Croatia
2003
Feb 10 - Acoustic Frontiers, CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, Canada
Apr 11 - Powis Hall, University of Wales, Bangor - Bangor New Music Festival; A Portrait of Pete Stollery
2004
Mar 7 - James McKay Hall, Aberdeen - discoveries xxxi
Oct 30 - Weimar 17. Festival Tage Neuer Musik
Nov 11 - Student Union, University of Aberdeen
2005
May 5 - St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield
Jul 16 - Vivid, Birmingham - Nuit Bleue – UK
Oct 28 - The Atrium, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen - discoveries xxxiv
2006
Jun 21 - Musique des Temps Modernes MTM Radio - International Electronic Language Festival
Dec 9 - Radio Circulo 100.4FM Onda - Sonora Radio
2007
Jan 15 - Groupe de Recherches Musicales, Paris - Electrain de Nuit
Sep 23 - Martian Gardens, WMUA 91.1 FM, USA - Martian Gardens
Nov 22 - Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen - soundfestival
2008
May 30 - Borderline Musik für Grenzgänger, Freies Radio Kassel, Germany
2009
May 12 - University of Hull, Scarborough
Oct 30 - Left Bank, Tarland - soundfestival
Dec/Jan 2010 - DEGEM/ZKM Web Radio - DEGEM/ZKM
2013
Sep 9 - CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers
2015
15 Oct - Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen - Rediscoveries 4
2018
Mar 7 - The Venue - Leeds College of Music
2019
Mar 19 - Conservatorie de Nîmes, France - Acousmatrix #9
2020
Jul 4 - Online - Le Festival des Cabanes
Aug 9 - Chapelle de l’Annonciation, Faverges, France - Bruit de la Neige