CYNETART 09:: Christian Graupner :: MINDBOX II

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Short interview with Christian Graupner and Norbert Schnell about their collaboration in the interactive installation MINDBOX II: media slot machine presented at the CYNETART 09 Festival in Hellerau, Dresden, Germany.
Christian Graupner, Humatic (concept, video)
Roberto Zappalà (choreography, performance)
Norbert Schnell, IRCAM (interactive music and sound design)
Nils Peters, Humatic (software-art)

Dates
Thu, Nov 26th 08:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Fri, Nov 27th 08:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Sat, Nov 28th 08:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Participants:
Maria Inguscio, Compagnia Zappalà Danza (management)
Gwendaline Bachini ( script, assistance in 2007)
Dirk Behrend, Mad Eye Studio (interface, grafik-design)
Gobi Hofmann & Jochen Liedke (stabil-berlin.de, metalwork& mechanics)
Christian Günther (electro mechanics)
Jo Frgmnt Grys ( display, control)
Michael Leyton (assistant sound software developer)
Nico Aimar (additional sound design, assistant HUMAoperator)
Jochen Buschardt (team assistance)

Credits:
Thanks to Breitbildbrüder GmbH, Vasna Nagy, Simon Harris & Hannes Heiner.
Very special thanks Bernhard Eber, Fa.Bally Wulff.
Thanks to the Real-Time Musical Interactions Group at IRCAM Centre Pompidou, Paris for fruitful collaboration.
Produced by Humatic Berlin in co-operation with TMA Hellerau and Compagnia Zappalà Danza.


With the audio visual triptych MindBox a group of developers, scientists and artists propose an interactive system of marginal stability which in its form follows the paradigm of a slot machine. Cross connections between gambling, contemporary choreography and consonant 'beatboxing' become physically tangible. MindBox is a triple channel 'media catapult' that can be touched and felt.The arm and buttons of a the modified gambling machine provide 'body-contact' with the choreographer Roberto Zappalà. Vocal sound- and movement clusters which have been generated originally in improvisation can be manipulated and 're-composed'.

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