Aresta. 2018

Sound/Light Installation/Performance

7m x 4,5m x 3m. 12 channel sound, saxophones, steel, wood, speaker cones, LEDs, dmx controllers, custom software, custom electronics, dimmers

Aresta is a sculptural sound installation, turning an ensemble of saxophones into autonomous entities. The music is generated by a computer using AI, played through the instruments and synchronized with LEDs placed inside their bodies. The performer interacts with the installation, questioning the need for a human body on stage and the potential obsolescence of its role.

Aresta can be experienced both as an installation and a performance.

Credits

Commission: FUGA
Residency: Etopia Center for Arts and Technology

Idea, Construction, Sound/Light Composition, Software, Performance: Marc Vilanova

Curation: Santiago Latorre

Production: Eduardo Pérez

Metal Production and Design: 2monos

AI Technology: DeepBach, created by Gaëtan Hadjeres (Sony Computer Science Laboratories)

Software Support: Alfredo Ardia

Installation Support: Nieves Arilla, Mateu Targa

Saxophone Quartet (recording): María Luisa Cuenca, Maria Elisabet Serra, Josep Subirats, Raúl Cuartero

Special Thanks: Alberto Bernal, Equipo Etopia, Carlos Maria Romero, Adriana Dumon, Kandis Friesen, Igi Ayedun, Mar Medinyà, Irene Anglada, Joan Albert Gisbert, Familia Vilanova Pinyol

Support: Konvent.0

Video Director: Carles Pons

Director of Photography: Fran Ríos

First AC/Focus Puller: Ivi Koyck

Second Camera Assistant: Mayté Pardo

Sound Mixing: Santiago Latorre

Colorist: Lluís Vilamazàn

Still Photography: Alexandre Furcolin

Photos: Anna Benet

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