Synaesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sense leads to involuntary experiences in another. MusicLab 8 is built around the synaesthesia of guitarist and artistic researcher Bj?rn Charles Dreyer. He sees colors when he plays music, and we will explore this phenomenon in a multimodal and interactive concert based on new technologies specifically developed in the context of the MIRAGE project at RITMO. Both synaesthetes and non-synaesthetes are welcome to the concert!
Recording
The event was streamed live on YouTube. Below is a recording of the stream. Please wear headphones during the concert part to get the surround sound effect (which is rendered in binaural audio).
Program
Timezone: Oslo, Norway (CET).
- 17:00: Concert by Bj?rn Charles Dreyer (guitar and live electronics), Olivier Lartillot and Joni Wing-Yan Mok (visualization)
- 17:30 Intellectual warm-down and Q&A with Solveig Aasen, Bruno Laeng, Bj?rn Charles Dreyer, Joni Mok and Olivier Lartillot, moderated by Alexander Refsum Jensenius
- 18:00: Data Jockeying with Olivier Lartillot
- 18:30: End of program
Hosted by Alexander Refsum Jensenius and Solveig S?rb?.
Physical event
Feel free to join us in The Science Library foyer, in Vilhelm Bjerknes hus on the Blindern campus.
The concert is free and open to everyone. The audience will be asked to fill in a questionnaire to report on their experience with the concert. The collected data is anonymous and will be used for research purposes only. It is voluntary to participate.
Participants
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Bj?rn Charles Dreyer - guitarist, composer, and artistic researcher
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Olivier Lartillot - researcher, visualizer, panelist, data jockey (RITMO)
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Solveig Aasen - panelist - philosophy (IFIKK)
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Joni Wing-Yan Mok - researcher, visual designer, panelist (IMV)
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Bruno Laeng - panelist - psychology (RITMO)