Tag Archives: Franziska Schroeder

performances: Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

By Han-earl Park | Published: December 15, 2009

2010 (date TBC): Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) will be the site for on-stage meetings between human and machine improvisers. This event will mark the debut of two extraordinary machine musicians, io 0.0.1 beta++ and iWife constructed by Han-earl Park and John Godfrey respectively. Featuring Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones), and Francis Heery (diffusion), […]

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source code 05-12-2009

By Han-earl Park | Published: July 1, 2009

Source code for io 0.0.1 beta (rev. May 12th 2009) [86kB zip file]. There have been major changes since 03-23-2009 as a result of the beta tests with Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder. These changes are unfortunately not documented/commented at the moment, but I’m uploading the source files for the record.

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postponed: performance at Blackrock Castle Observatory

By Han-earl Park | Published: July 1, 2009

The performance at Blackrock Castle Observatory by io 0.0.1 beta++ will not take place as scheduled in February 2010. The event would have featured Bruce Coates, Franziska Schroeder and Han-earl Park, plus John Godfrey. We are still looking to put this on in 2010, and we are seeking further funding and performance opportunities. Interested bodies, […]

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io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic? (a report from TWO Thousand + NINE)

By Han-earl Park | Published: June 19, 2009

Some thoughts and observations from my presentation on io 0.0.1 beta at the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium, the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland. [Abstract…] At the end of the presentation, a couple of remarks stood out. One was Franziska Schroeder’s comment that the presentation posed more questions than provided answers, and the […]

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io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic? (slideshow)

By Han-earl Park | Published: May 28, 2009

From the slideshow for the presentation on io 0.0.1 beta at the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium, the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland. [Abstract…] My part (spoken by the humyn participant Han-earl Park) was never written down, but the full transcript of the (imaginary) statements by io 0.0.1 beta are reproduced below. (You […]

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beta test 03-26-09: audio recordings

By Han-earl Park | Published: March 30, 2009

Here is the (not yet annotated) audio documentation of the io++ beta test with Franziska Schroeder on March 26th 2009. beta test 03-26-09_00 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_01 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_02 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_03 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_04 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_05 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_06 [mp3″] Performers are io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself) and […]

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beta test 11-10-08 & 12-08-08: resultant changes

By Han-earl Park | Published: March 25, 2009

Here’s a list of the significant changes. These address issues that Franziska Schroeder and Bruce Coates brought up during the testings in November and December respectively. Greater variation in output. Including pseudo-Braxtonian ‘separation’ implemented via interp tables. Implementation of a meta-banalyzer that shakes up the system depending on input variation. Greater variation in the VL70m […]

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beta test 11-10-08: preamble

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 25, 2008

frankenmusic(s) Almost eight years ago, when io-to-be was a bunch of discorporate code fragments, Sara Roberts remarked that the enterprise of constructing a machine improvisers wasn’t so much megalomanic as Frankensteinian. Fifteen days ago, during the break between beta test sessions, Franziska Schroeder asked a pithy question that cut to the core of this enterprise: […]

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io + I met

By Franziska Schroeder | Published: November 24, 2008

On the 10th of November 2008 I had the great pleasure to meet io. She seemed a rather calm, clandestine creature, not saying much… not moving much, in fact not engaging with me much at all. However, she appeared to be a ‘saxophonistic’ persona – shiny, slightly shimmering in the sunlit surroundings. But who is […]

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beta test 11-10-08: audio recordings

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 16, 2008

I will be returning with more detailed reports within the coming days, but, in the meantime, here is the audio documentation of the io++ beta test with Franziska Schroeder on November 10th 2008. beta test 11-10-08_00 [mp3″] beta test 11-10-08_01 [mp3″] beta test 11-10-08_02 [mp3″] beta test 11-10-08_03 [mp3″] beta test 11-10-08_04 [mp3″] beta test […]

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beta test 11-10-08 with Franziska Schroeder

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 5, 2008

The first beta test (which, in some respects, is more of an alpha test) is scheduled to start on Monday, November 10th 2008. Saxophonist, improviser, theorist and veteran of technological arts, Franziska Schroeder will be working with io++ (or components that will make up that machine), and we’ll see more clearly what work needs to […]

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