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Calendar : Autonomous Improvisation V.1

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Autonomous Improvisation v1, production still, left to right, Matthew Stegh, Toydeath, Lucas Abela.

19 April 2007 6:00pm

Installation in Sydney with Wade Marynowsky and friends.

Wade Marynowsky,        Autonomous Improvisation v.1, April - May 2007, Artspace        Sydney.
Opening 6pm Thursday 19 April - 19 May 2007.

Critical          analysis of the uncanny has provided a wealth of theoretical literature          from a broad range of contemporary researchers, artists, scientists and          psychoanalysts alike. From the compulsive beauty of the surrealist exquisite          corpse (Foster, 1995) to a robotic design hypothesis (Mori, 1970), the          eighteenth century notion of the uncanny arising through the direct invention          of the automaton, (Castle, 1995) provides a rich conceptual framework          for research. Autonomous improvisation v1, is the first in a series of          new work by Marynowsky. The series explores the following questions: Can          an autonomous sound installation be uncanny? If so, what design considerations          are needed to provoke feelings of uncanniness? Can this factor be used          to evaluate an installations ability to produce an emotive response, and          if so what is the nature of that response?

Autonomous improvisation v1, is a video anthology of some of Sydney's          most infamous solo musicians and performers. The work analyses a range          of performance approaches from burlesque to sound art by recording artists          in the same studio configuration. The performances happening only for          the camera are then reconfigured in the gallery. A prepared pianola is          linked to a network of computers and is programmed to orchestrate the          video sequences, creating an ever-changing composition. This is presented          via three-channels of audio–visual projection. Through non-determinist          re-composition, the work questions if it is possible for improvisation          to be programmed, or if this is simply a paradoxical endeavor. More significantly,          Autonomous Improvisation v1 asks us to consider what is imposed on human          autonomy in an increasingly computer-controlled society.

CASTLE, T. (1995) The female thermometer: eighteenth-century culture and          the invention of the uncanny, New York, Oxford University Press.
FOSTER, H. (1995) Compulsive beauty, MIT Press.
MORI, M. (1970) The Uncanny Valley. Energy, 7(4), pp. 33-35.

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