To hear on Sunday
11 and 18 September 2011, 2pm - 9pm
BlowUp
(2010, European Premiere)
by Åke Parmerud
Åke Parmerud on 'BlowUp':
The piece uses sounds of a grand piano with different forms of digital transformations. The title can either be thought of as an "exploding" piano where the different sounds work like particles flying off in different directions or it can be thought of as an enlargement of the body of the piano (as in the photographic sense) letting the instrument be exposed in a over dimensioned fashion.
"BlowUp" is a sound installation created for the MUAC Museum of contemporary art in Mexico City. The original composition is made for 24 channels of audio. The version presented at ohrenhoch is a stereo mix of all channels.
Åke Parmerud is a composer and media artist from Sweden. Since 1978 he has created a number of electro acoustic works, sound art and various forms of audio/visual and interactive installations. He has been rewarded numerous international prizes over the years, most recently the GigaHertz Preis and the Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer award.