g•£•ø•m•€•†•€•r (Kyle Kaplan)

  

Artist︱g•£•ø•m•€•†•€•r

g•£•ø•m•€•†•€•r is Kyle Kaplan. He is originally from Los Angeles, and has been living in Taipei since October of 2012. His work blends disparate emotional and textural elements, weaving soft ambiences with thick distortion, complex layers of percussion with delicate synths, nostalgic samples with abstract sound design. He has given multimedia performances under various monikers in Montreal, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Taipei.

Performance Introduction︱

g•£•ø•m•€•†•€•r’s performance originally consisted of custom software developed for complete integration between audio and video. In order to streamline the process of creating music, as well as create a level of transparency for the audience, g•£•ø•m•€•†•€•r’s present performance consists solely of hardware. The loop based sequencers being used allow for arranging, rearranging, manipulation and resampling in realtime, giving the performer a large degree of control over the presentation of his work.

The visual component is software custom built by the artist in Max/MSP/Jitter. The program stacks layers of simple 3D geometric shapes, with the colors being determined by processed video being mapped to the outside of the shapes. A number of audio parameters are arranged modularly to connect to various visual functions. Audio from the mixer is then sent directly to the program, analyzed and then used to control the available visual parameters. Random interpolation between presets created within this program allow the program to perpetually generate a new visual experience, leaving the performer free to focus on the audio.

演出者︱g•£•ø•m•€•†•€•r 

他來自美國洛杉磯，從2012年十月便定居台北。他的作品融合了不同情感與文本的元素。將軟性輕鬆的氣氛與強烈扭曲感交織融合，精密合成層次不同複雜的敲擊聲響，混雜懷舊歌曲片段與抽象聲響。藝術家使用不同的名字在世界各地進行多媒體表演，如蒙特婁、紐約、波士頓、洛杉磯和台北。

表演簡介︱

g•£•ø•m•€•†•€•r的表演最初使用訂製軟體來完成整合聲音與影像。為了簡化生產音樂過程和營造與觀眾之間更直接、透明的新層次，藝術家現在的演出主要是由硬體組成，環狀定序器主要是用來讓藝術家能即時安排、再安排、操控和重新截選曲目，此硬體幫助表演者的演出有更好掌控度。

視覺方面則是仰賴藝術家利用Max/MSP/Jitter所設計的程式。此軟體程式將不同的3D幾何圖像全部儲存，這些幾何圖像的顏色由電腦生成影像所決定。利用特定條件的聲音參數與不同的視覺效果連結，透過混音器，聲響直接被傳送至程式被分析並且控制可得的圖像參數。藝術家可即時更改程式中的預製視覺效果，讓程式得以不斷生成新的視覺經驗，使得藝術家能更自由地完全專注在聲響上面的演出。