One of my favorite festivals, the Experimental Intermedia fests are in my top five. Here are some highlights to the festival. As a prelude to the performance, the audience sat in a darkened room while incense billowed forth. The instrument was spread across the performance space. Overtones gave way to beautiful ghost choirs.
Most folks probably think of the harp as a classical instrument.
The beautiful woman in an evening gown sits at the instrument at the edge of the orchestra and occasionally gets a spot light during a symphony. Low microtonal synthesizer drones linked to the videos provided rich audio complement to the slice of life on screen. Jens Brand Slides of minimalist art are projected on a wall, changing every few minutes. Every piece is slightly different, a close field of dots. A web of unmounted speakers hang on the map, analog synthesizer insects twittering.