Yann Seznec is an artist whose work focuses on sound, music, physical interaction, games, and building new instruments. Recent projects include residencies at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Floating Cinema in London, Playable City Lagos, and Timespan in the Scottish Highlands. He has performed at The Roundhouse London, Mutek Montreal, Melbourne Recital Hall, Liquid Rooms Tokyo, Köln Philharmonie, Fak’ugesi Johannesburg, and more.
Currents
Currents is an installation and performance built from hundreds of discarded computer fans. They are programmed to recreate the wind levels of other locations from around the world. It is a meditation on the role that technology has on our lives; how it is used to connect the world, how much importance we place on these connections yet how easily we discard the very objects that connect us.
2014, Edinburgh Art Festival, Southbank Centre London, and Glasgow Concert Halls
Currents was awarded the British Composer Award for Sonic Art in 2014.
2014, Edinburgh Art Festival, Southbank Centre London, and Glasgow Concert Halls
Currents was awarded the British Composer Award for Sonic Art in 2014.
Year: 2014
The Book of Knowledge of Impractical Musical Devices
Loosely based on the 12th century Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by the Islamic engineer Al-Jazari, this project was focused on the design and development of three experimental sonic objects and musical instruments that each took a conceptual limitation to a logical conclusion, thereby raising questions about the place of digital media, sound, and technology in our lives.
Volume 1 is a rhythm generator which changes patterns every day. It uses a sound library that was itself recorded in a single day. The previous day’s patterns will never be recreated.
Volume 2 is a GPS-based granular synthesizer. It will sound different depending on where it is in the world, as most of the parameters are set by the GPS data.
Volume 3 is a listening device which slowly, but permanently, destroys the sound that it contains. The only copy of the recording is in this device, so each time it is played it is simultaneously lost forever.
The project is fully open source, conceptually and technically. Each volume is accompanied by an essay detailing the idea behind the design, as well as a full set of technical resources for building your own.
Volume 1 is a rhythm generator which changes patterns every day. It uses a sound library that was itself recorded in a single day. The previous day’s patterns will never be recreated.
Volume 2 is a GPS-based granular synthesizer. It will sound different depending on where it is in the world, as most of the parameters are set by the GPS data.
Volume 3 is a listening device which slowly, but permanently, destroys the sound that it contains. The only copy of the recording is in this device, so each time it is played it is simultaneously lost forever.
The project is fully open source, conceptually and technically. Each volume is accompanied by an essay detailing the idea behind the design, as well as a full set of technical resources for building your own.
Medium: Sound Art
Year: 2019
Formstone Castle is a small team based out of Upper Fells Point, Baltimore, bringing together the enthusiasm and diverse skillsets of many different communities to make art for festivals and events, as well as simply for the joy of creation.
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Sweet Hour Of Prayer by William W. Walford (1845), arranged for guitar by Gabriel Rodríguez.
Year: 2017
Villa-Lobos Concerto for guitar & small orquestra
Reduction by Gabriel Rodriguez. Gabriel Rodriguez, guitar; Germán Céspedes, conductor.
Year: 2013
Details: 14:01
¡No Me Toques! (Puerto Rican dance)
¡No Me Toques! is a Puerto Rican dance written in 1876 by Juan Morel Campos (1857-1896). Arranged and performed by Gabriel Rodríguez.
Year: 2013
Details: 1:46
The Puerto Rican classical guitarist graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, where he earned a Master of Music (M.M.) in Classical Guitar Performance under the tutelage of Iván Rijos, also took master classes with Manuel Barrueco as an artist in residence, and a Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Classical Guitar Performance under the tutelage of Leonardo Egúrbida, a disciple of Regino Sainz de la Maza and Alirio Diaz. He has had the honor of studying and participating in master classes under prestigious artists such, as Leonardo Egúrbida, Iván Rijos, Dr. José A.