Phivos-Angelos Kollias’s Cosmodemonia
Join us for our second online immersive sound experience featuring the work of composer and multimedia artist Phivos-Angelos Kollias. This online event will showcase his 8-channel music composition Cosmodemonia presented in a specially designed virtual room, where sound and space come together to create a captivating auditory journey.
Cosmodemonia
You are invited to participate with your senses, entering a state of active listening—a mindset that fluctuates between fleeting moments of everyday life and an eternal, spaceless existence within the cosmos.
A kitchen of a bustling restaurant, walking across a large parking lot, a summer morning, waiting at the bus station, floating among planetary satellites, experiencing weightless stasis in outer space, moving fearlessly towards a burning star at the speed of light.
All sound in this performance is created through Ephemeron, an adaptive, non-linear feedback network. Ephemeron acts as an ‘intelligent’ instrument that continuously reacts to actions and gestures, analyzing the perceptual features of sound in real-time. As a listener-performer, your active listening engagement with these sounds directly shapes the construction of your sonic landscape.
Cosmodemonia
This verse -audio room-features Cosmodemonia, presented using the composer’s original 8-speaker distribution designed specifically for this piece. As you move through the virtual space and approach any of the speakers, the sound dynamically responds to your proximity, offering an immersive listening experience. For the best results, we strongly recommend using headphones.
About the Artist
Dr. Phivos-Angelos Kollias is a Greek-born, UK and French-educated, Berlin-based interactive music composer-researcher. He has received nine awards and nine nominations in international competitions, including the Excellence in Sound Design Award at the Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories Competition, Toronto, and one of the Musicworks Electronic Music Competition prizes. The group projects he has participated in as a composer have won twelve awards and distinctions, including the Apple TV Game of the Year award and the Gamescom Indie Award, and they have been listed twice on Forbes’ top lists.
The Sound of Art
Aligned with MUD Foundation’s commitment to immersive technology, our Experimental Music and Sound Art Program offers an innovative platform for exploring the intersection of sound, art, and technology. The program is designed to fill a vital gap in the sound arts within the realm of new technologies, offering a space dedicated to artists who focus on music and sound art.
Documentation
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