Tamás Waliczky - Tibor Szemző: Conversation, 1990, excerpt
CONVERSATION
"Conversation" is an audio-visual performance, a dialogue between a
musician and a visual artist. The performance is the result of
improvisation between the two. Software specially designed for this work
allows the visual elements to be varied in the same way as the musical
motifs.
With relatively simple adaptations, "Conversation" can be performed on a
variety of computers. The composition is not tied exclusively to one
type of computer, but only to the specific software used.
The "Conversation" has no definitive finished form, it can always change
according to the mood of the performers.
Tamás Waliczky, 1990
"Conversation" is an interactive multimedia presentation. Since I can
freely change the sequence, length and speed of the animation sequences
using the interactive possibilities of the computer, and since Tibor
Szemző is free to vary the musical motifs created by the synthesizers,
this program will be different every time. This "conversation" is truly
a conversation in many ways:
- A conversation between two parts of a split video screen projected by
two computers (in this sense, a conversation between two animation
computers.
- A conversation between the persons projected by the two computers, the
personalities of the performers, and a conversation between the persons
projected by the computers and the two artists.
- A conversation between the music of Tibor Szemző and the visual
compositions.
- A conversation between the audience of the performance and the
performers.
Budapest, May 8th, 1990, Tamás Waliczky
"CONVERSATION" 1990
Interactive live performance, about 30 minutes long.
Idea: Tamás Waliczky
Visual Instruments: Tamás Waliczky
Music Instruments: Tibor Szemző
Software support: Zoltán Császár
Producer: Joel Boutteville
Copyright © 1990 Tamás Waliczky, Tibor Szemző
Distributors: Tamás Waliczky, Tibor Szemző, Joel Boutteville,Wallada
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Images copyright © 1990, Tamás Waliczky