Concept
Our concept builds on previous work in the Oslo Laptop Orchestra:
- we think of our mobile phones as any other type of instrument and performs with them as if we had been playing clarinets, trumpets, etc.
- we embrace the new possibilities that digital instruments allow for, and the social aspects of playing together
- we only rely on sound coming from the instrument, we never use an external PA system
These rules can be seen as limitations, but they are also liberating and gives the ensemble a clear aesthetic, visual and musical appearance.
Video documentation
12 October 2012, UiO Festival 2012
14 March 2012, UiO Science Library
Hang, 12 December 2011
Other appearances
- Sound from one of our performances has been used in the short documentary The Thinking Robot.
Members
The ensemble is organized as a pool of musicians. The following people have participated so far:
- Alexander Refsum Jensenius (director)
- H?vard Antonsen
- Even Bekkedal
- Martin Caspersen
- Arjun Chandra
- Lars Fremmerlid
- Alexander Frogner
- Tor Halmrast
- Anders Kregnes Hansen
- Viet Phi Uy Hoang
- Kjell Tore Innervik
- Lisa Sch?ne Johansen
- H?kon Knutzen
- Tommy Madsen
- Kjetil Myklebust
- Kristian Nymoen
- Dositheos Rivocantus
- Alexander R?dseth
- Hauk J. R?sten
- Bj?rnar Sandvik
- Eirik Sletteberg
- Christopher Straume
- Catherine I. St?ver
- Anders Tveit
- Arve Voldsund
- Steinar Yggeseth
New members are always welcome. Contact Alexander Refsum Jensenius if you are interested.
Equipment
We perform with regular iPhones, using some small Sony Ericsson speakers to get a bit louder sound. The phones are connected to the speakers using a home-sown solution.
