Stimmflieger [voice kite]
2007 - 2016
Read more for further information on the instrument's research and development process, links to audio and video material of performances and to online articles!
(info service text for previous site)
It is a wireless, electronic instrument consisting of two Wii remotes, interface and computer. Based on the audio processing software LiSa, an abbreviation for live sampling, and the connectivity software junXion, the custom configuration was developed in very close collaboration with sound artist Daniel Schorno during the period of one year from 2007 through to 2008 at STEIM, the studio for electro-instrumental music in Amsterdam. The world premiere of the stimmflieger took place at the Schaubuehne Berlin in 2008. In 2009, at the World New Music Days in Gothenburg hosted by the International Society of Contemporary Music, A.N. was awarded the first prize by the European Conference of Promoters for New Music (ECPNM) for performing the composition Minotaurus featuring voice and live electronics, that is to say, the stimmflieger.
The stimmflieger was developed for the purpose to extend the voice in the context of vocal performance art and to explore the vocal potential by means of gesture-controlled and sensor-based technology. The term stimmflieger, a German neologism translating into English as voice kite, was created to allude to the similar movements that need to be applied to fly a kite and those to play the instrument.
For more information read article 'Voice and Live-Electronics using Remotes as Gestural Controllers (2008)' in econtact!:
https://econtact.ca/10_4/nowitz_voicelive.html.
Read more for more information on the profile of the stimmflieger, such as world premiere, ECPNM award, etc.
2007 - 2016
Read more for further information on the instrument's research and development process, links to audio and video material of performances and to online articles!
(info service text for previous site)
It is a wireless, electronic instrument consisting of two Wii remotes, interface and computer. Based on the audio processing software LiSa, an abbreviation for live sampling, and the connectivity software junXion, the custom configuration was developed in very close collaboration with sound artist Daniel Schorno during the period of one year from 2007 through to 2008 at STEIM, the studio for electro-instrumental music in Amsterdam. The world premiere of the stimmflieger took place at the Schaubuehne Berlin in 2008. In 2009, at the World New Music Days in Gothenburg hosted by the International Society of Contemporary Music, A.N. was awarded the first prize by the European Conference of Promoters for New Music (ECPNM) for performing the composition Minotaurus featuring voice and live electronics, that is to say, the stimmflieger.
The stimmflieger was developed for the purpose to extend the voice in the context of vocal performance art and to explore the vocal potential by means of gesture-controlled and sensor-based technology. The term stimmflieger, a German neologism translating into English as voice kite, was created to allude to the similar movements that need to be applied to fly a kite and those to play the instrument.
For more information read article 'Voice and Live-Electronics using Remotes as Gestural Controllers (2008)' in econtact!:
https://econtact.ca/10_4/nowitz_voicelive.html.
Read more for more information on the profile of the stimmflieger, such as world premiere, ECPNM award, etc.
List of public presentations of vocal performance art applying live electronicx
Details on Strophonion and Stimmflieger
Strophonion
The ergonomics and housings of the hand controllers were implemented by former violin maker, visual artist Florian Goettke (Amsterdam, PhD), the electronics were assembled by sound and performance artist Byungjun Kwon (Seoul) and supervised by Takuro Mizuta Lippit aka DJ Sniff (Tokio). In 2016, on the basis of the original a new pair of hand controllers was developed by Venice-based designer Nicolò Merendino aka Chi-ha-ucciso-Il-Conte? (Venice) assembled and by Sukandar Berlin-based Kartadinata
Apart from 21 key buttons, one ultrasonic distance sensor, a pressure sensor, and a 3D accelerometer are available to control sonic and musical parameters.
Takuro Dj Sniff
sound artist Daniel Schorno.
read more (information on world premiere, ECPNM award and article on econtact!)
Stimmflieger
2008 World premiere
as part of the theatre spectacle 'Die Stadt' (The City by Martin Crimp) und 'Der Schnitt' (The Cut by Mark Ravenhill) directed by Thomas Ostermeier at the Schaubuehne Berlin.
ECPNM
2009 ECPNM AWARD
A.N. was awarded the first prize of the European Conference of Promoters for New Music (ECPNM) after premiering the work Minotaurus for voice and live electronics during the World New Music Days in Gothenburg by the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM).
2011 A good number of fine tuning sessions needed to be performed until the research and development project was completed. The Apple bluetooth connection was creating problems here and there
2016 (provisionally) last performance with the stimmflieger
Last performance 2016 as part of the solo show 'Tongues and Ghosts' at the fabrik Potsdam in 2016.
read more
Strophonion
The ergonomics and housings of the hand controllers were implemented by former violin maker, visual artist Florian Goettke (Amsterdam, PhD), the electronics were assembled by sound and performance artist Byungjun Kwon (Seoul) and supervised by Takuro Mizuta Lippit aka DJ Sniff (Tokio). In 2016, on the basis of the original a new pair of hand controllers was developed by Venice-based designer Nicolò Merendino aka Chi-ha-ucciso-Il-Conte? (Venice) assembled and by Sukandar Berlin-based Kartadinata
Apart from 21 key buttons, one ultrasonic distance sensor, a pressure sensor, and a 3D accelerometer are available to control sonic and musical parameters.
Takuro Dj Sniff
sound artist Daniel Schorno.
read more (information on world premiere, ECPNM award and article on econtact!)
Stimmflieger
2008 World premiere
as part of the theatre spectacle 'Die Stadt' (The City by Martin Crimp) und 'Der Schnitt' (The Cut by Mark Ravenhill) directed by Thomas Ostermeier at the Schaubuehne Berlin.
ECPNM
2009 ECPNM AWARD
A.N. was awarded the first prize of the European Conference of Promoters for New Music (ECPNM) after premiering the work Minotaurus for voice and live electronics during the World New Music Days in Gothenburg by the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM).
2011 A good number of fine tuning sessions needed to be performed until the research and development project was completed. The Apple bluetooth connection was creating problems here and there
2016 (provisionally) last performance with the stimmflieger
Last performance 2016 as part of the solo show 'Tongues and Ghosts' at the fabrik Potsdam in 2016.
read more
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Stimmflieger
2008 World premiere
as part of the theatre spectacle 'Die Stadt' (The City by Martin Crimp) und 'Der Schnitt' (The Cut by Mark Ravenhill) directed by Thomas Ostermeier at the Schaubuehne Berlin.
ECPNM
2009 ECPNM AWARD
A.N. was awarded the first prize of the European Conference of Promoters for New Music (ECPNM) after premiering the work Minotaurus for voice and live electronics during the World New Music Days in Gothenburg by the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM).
2011 A good number of fine tuning sessions needed to be performed until the research and development project was completed. The Apple bluetooth connection was creating problems here and there
2016 (provisionally) last performance with the stimmflieger
Last performance 2016 as part of the solo show 'Tongues and Ghosts' at the fabrik Potsdam in 2016.
read more
Based on the audio processing software LiSa, an abbreviation for live sampling, and the connectivity software junXion, the custom configuration was developed in very close collaboration with sound artist Daniel Schorno during the period of one year from 2007 through to 2008.
The world premiere of the stimmflieger took place at the Schaubuehne Berlin in 2008. In 2009, at the World New Music Days in Gothenburg hosted by the International Society of Contemporary Music, A.N. was awarded the first prize by the European Conference of Promoters for New Music (ECPNM) for performing the composition Minotaurus featuring voice and live electronics, that is to say, the stimmflieger.
The stimmflieger was developed for the purpose to extend the voice in the context of vocal performance art and to explore the vocal potential by means of gesture-controlled and sensor-based technology. The term stimmflieger, a German neologism translating into English as voice kite, was created to allude to the similar movements that need to be applied to fly a kite and those to play the instrument.
For more information read article 'Voice and Live-Electronics using Remotes as Gestural Controllers (2008)' in econtact!:
https://econtact.ca/10_4/nowitz_voicelive.html.
Read more for more information on the profile of the stimmflieger, such as world premiere, ECPNM award, etc.
development during the period of one year from 2007 through to 2008The stimmflieger was developed for the purpose to extend the voice in the context of vocal performance art and to explore the vocal potential by means of gesture-controlled and sensor-based technology. The term stimmflieger, a German neologism translating into English as voice kite, was created to allude to the similar movements that need to be applied to fly a kite and those to play the instrument.
For more information read article 'Voice and Live-Electronics using Remotes as Gestural Controllers (2008)' in econtact!:
https://econtact.ca/10_4/nowitz_voicelive.html.
Read more for more information on the profile of the stimmflieger, such as world premiere, ECPNM award, etc.
2008 World premiere
as part of the theatre spectacle 'Die Stadt' (The City by Martin Crimp) und 'Der Schnitt' (The Cut by Mark Ravenhill) directed by Thomas Ostermeier at the Schaubuehne Berlin.
ECPNM
2009 ECPNM AWARD
A.N. was awarded the first prize of the European Conference of Promoters for New Music (ECPNM) after premiering the work Minotaurus for voice and live electronics during the World New Music Days in Gothenburg by the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM).
2011 A good number of fine tuning sessions needed to be performed until the research and development project was completed. The Apple bluetooth connection was creating problems here and there
2016 (provisionally) last performance with the stimmflieger
Last performance 2016 as part of the solo show 'Tongues and Ghosts' at the fabrik Potsdam in 2016.
read more