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8 SILENCESINFO
STATEMENTABOUT8 SILENCES, LIVE PERFORMANCE 2010
8 silences offers a sensible representation of Internet by broadcasting audio streams that travel and reverberate trough the web. Initially silents, the streams progressively incorporate an infinity of transformations or "errors" that modify the sound as it circulates on the network. These alterations are comparable to a form of erosion caused by the network space - they are a key to allow different mental representations of this digital topography. Presented as a live performance, 8 silences is a sound immersion in the heart of data flows. 8 silences is a live piece made from mixing together several silent ogg and mp3 stream loops with different quality settings (error corrections are bypassed). Each loop is going to a different location on the globe, and then coming back to the location of the concert venue. Performers stand with a laptop in different parts of the venue (non scenic performance). The audio streamloops are exchanged in wifi around the public.SOUNDS EXTRACTS
Live @ Ososphère, Strasbourg - feb 2011Live @ IRL, paris - nov 2010
Live @ St-Nazaire le Desert, juin 2010
TECH RIDER / SETUP
The audience is in the middle surrounded by 4 loudspeakers in the corners of the room.
The 2 musicians are situated in the room around the audience and between the speakers.
The loudspeakers are connected to the stage management as a double crossed stereo.
There is minimal lights in the room, as dark as possible.
We bring
* 2 Mac laptops : stereo mini-jack output
* 1 wireless router
* 1 20m Ethernet wire
We need
* 1 stereo sound system 4.1 ou 4.2
* Adapters and wires that allows to connect the 2 laptops to the stage management (for example mini-jack stéréo->double jack->DI->XLR->stage management)
* 1 Internet connection with 1000kbits/sec (128kB/s) upload speed et 1000kbits/sec (128kB/s) download speed (to test : www.speedtest.net )