Oslo iPhone ensemble
Oslo iPhone ensemble explores the future of mobile music performance in a collaborative setting. The ensemble is an ad-hoc group of students and researchers from the University of Oslo and Norwegian Academy of Music.
Concept
Our concept is building on previous work in the Oslo Laptop Orchestra:
- we think of our mobile phones as any other type of instrument, and performs with them as if we had been playing clarinets, trumpets, etc.
- we embrace the new possibilities that digital instruments allow for, and the social aspects of playing together
- we only rely on sound coming from the instrument, we never use an external PA system
These rules can be seen as limitations, but they are also liberating and gives the ensemble a clear aesthetic, visual and musical appearance.
Video documentation
14 March 2012, UiO Science Library
Hang, 12 December 2011
Members
The ensemble is organized as a pool of musicians. The following people have participated so far:
- Alexander Refsum Jensenius (director)
- Even Bekkedal
- Anders Kregnes Hansen
- Viet Phi Uy Hoang
- Kjell Tore Innervik
- Håkon Knutzen
- Tommy Madsen
- Kjetil Myklebust
- Kristian Nymoen
- Eirik Sletteberg
- Catherine I. Støver
- Anders Tveit
- Arve Voldsund
- Steinar Yggeseth
New members are always welcome. Contact Alexander Refsum Jensenius if you are interested.
Equipment
We perform with regular iPhones, using some small Sony Ericsson speakers to get a bit louder sound. The phones are connected to the speakers using a home-sown solution.
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Document created: 30.11.2011, modified: 14.03.2012Manage document