In
conjunction with SPOR 2007, artists and composers from all musical environments were invited to contribute digital audiovisual works to the independent
festival event Infinite Composing.
Infinite Composing focuses
on the issue of the listener as producer, or more specifically: how the
listener’s participating appropriation of certain kinds of digital
sound and music can be useful when coming upon newly composed music. We
therefore call on all interested to contribute works that contain open,
interactive and possibly “infinite” elements, set into perspective
conventional practices of creating and performing music and provide
ideas on how to challenge the traditional division of functions as
composer, performer and listener. Furthermore, we call on artists and
composers from all environments to challenge their own ways of creating
music, keeping the same objectives in mind.
24 artists from all over the world competed - Italy, Brasil, USA, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Germany, Denmark a.o were represented. The artists were: Hans Knudsen, Andreas Busk-Jepsen, Jakob
Riis, Konrad Korabiewski, Peter McIlwain, Jin Hi Kim, Nigel Brookes,
Morten Riis, Jacob Løhde, Petronio Bendito & Didier Guigue, Rune
Thorsteinsson, Alexandre Decoupigny, NACHBerlin, Michael Barkl, Andrea
Vigani, Niels Winther, Jason Freeman, Lansing D. McLoskey, Christopher
Bailey, Jakob Brandt-Pedersen, Michiko Kawagoe, Shintaro Miyazaka and
Panayiotis Kokoras.
The contributions will be uploaded on the site in the nearest future.
Throughout the festival period contributions to Infinite Composing
were displayed in Ridehuset, Århus (Denmark) on computers
with headsets.
Preceding the festival, a jury of internationally acknowledged
professionals and artists (Atau Tanaka, Natasha Barrett, Andreas Brøgger and Morten Søndergaard) had each select one
contribution and argued why they find the selected one particularly
interesting.
The following pieces were selected: Jason Freemans GRAPH THEORY, Christopher Baileys SAND, Hans Knudsens CIGARETTE MAN, og Niels Winthers FUTURISTISK MANDALA.
Read the judgment of the jury here
On the last day of the festival the favourite piece of work of the audience was presented and given a special reward. Morten Riis' SIC was choosen as winner.
For further information on Infinite Composing please contact the coordinator of the event Marie Büchert at infinitecomposing@yahoo.dk
The computers used to present the works during the festival were lend by Humac, Aarhus
