FW: lecture/demo by Kurt Ralske 12/10 @ Pitt

[manny at telerama.com]

This is something people should check out.
For those who've been around for a while, Kurt Ralske was 4AD recording
artist Ultra Vivid Scene, did some ambient/drone work as Cathars, and also
a video electronic project called 242.Pilots (on Carpark Records).
He's been written up in The Wire a bit, and also produced some people's
records (he produced Rasputina's first demo tape, for example).
It's free and late in the afternoon so if you're around then try to go!


An invitation from STUDIO Fellow Mathew Rosenblum to attend a lecture/demo
by Kurt Ralske, his video collaborator for the "Red Dust" project.

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Kurt Ralske

The Cinematic and The Synaesthetic

Date: December 10, 2004
      4pm-6pm
      reception to follow

Location: University of Pittsburgh Music Building, Room 132

Kurt Ralske

The Cinematic and The Synaesthetic

Kurt Ralske [video artist/composer/programmer] presents techniques for
improvising with sound and image simultaneously. His software Auvi, which
runs in the Max/MSP/Jitter environment, lowers the bar for direct
expressive control of sound and image in real-time.


Kurt Ralske is a NYC-based video artist/composer/programmer who creates
improvised audio-visual performance, installations, digital print media
and software art. His work is created exclusively with his own custom
software, written in C/C++ and Java. He has performed and exhibited at
museums, gallerie, and theaters throughout Europe, Canada and the US,
including the Guggenheim, Bilbao, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art. The New York Times has praised
his "compelling, ingenious alliance of sound and motion" and "technological
wizardry".

Kurt's work received First Prize at the 2003 Transmediale International
Media Art Festival in Berlin, as a member of the real-time video
improvisation ensemble 242.pilots. He is also the author/programmer of Auvi
(http://auv-i.de), a software environment for creating custom real-time
video programs that is in use by video artists in over 22 countries.



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