Bertrand Gondouin - Artist Residency

Växthusprojektet - Greenhouse Project - Dramatiska Institutet

Bertrand Gondouin — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:00 +0000

I'm invited by the scenographer Johan Rödström to create an interactive video for his "Greenhouse project" at Dramatiska institutet. I'm going to work with wireless accelerometers, thanks to the Lilypad Arduino!

Rehearsals in Toulouse

Bertrand Gondouin — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:09:00 +0000

Laeterna Machina is having rehearsals in Toulouse at the "Pavillon Mazar" !

Wii and Dual screens experiments! More videos

Wii immersive 3d - Didactic Forest sent by b_gondouin

Wii immersive 3d sent by b_gondouin

Grains & Pixels Lecture at the Open in Process event, London

Bertrand Gondouin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:30:00 +0000

Grains & Pixels is giving an open lecture on AI in the context of performance at the Open In Process Event in London.

Open in Process body>data>space | Tue 5th June 2007 | 6.30-9.30pm | 3GBP

body>data>space are hosting two more exciting 'Open in Process' events in May & June. These nights take place as live open debate & presentation events focusing on the making processes for interactive arts. Speakers for the 5th June - Grains & Pixels (Sweden) working with AI & performance and Paul Sermon (UK) well known internationally for his pioneering work with telematics. More info & how to book

body>data>space merge live audio-visual interaction with telematics and the new generation of intelligent materials and wearables computers. body>data>space takes installations and live performances into large-scale public environments and architectural builds, shifting the relationship between the artist, the media/content and the user/audience.

Sys-org Residency Théâtre d’Albi

Bertrand Gondouin — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:09:00 +0000

I'm Artist in Residency for the Sys-org Show at the Théâtre d’Albi in downtown Albi, France. 2005-01- 03 / 2005-01- 07

http://www.laeterna.net

Sys-org Residency Carmaux

Bertrand Gondouin — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:38:00 +0000

2004-11-22/28 Sys-org is having a new residency at Salle Pierre Beregovoy in downtown Carmaux, France.

http://www.laeterna.net

Grains & Pixels at the Big Love Gallery

Bertrand Gondouin — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:40:00 +0000

2004-10-25 | until october 30 2004 6 p.m. -8 p.m

A red ball, some dot matrix prints, beautiful music, real attractors and AI goodies.

Bertrand Gondouin, Jacob Munkberg och Kristofer Sunden Ringner will be working in house and invites you to follow Grains & Pixels - a collective creation where the limits between the workingprocess and the final product is blurred. Similarly to old school painters who manufactured their own oil and colors, Grains & Pixels create their own software and interfaces.

The galleryspace will be filled with historic (and nostalgic!) references and a dokumentation of the workingprocess that culminates in a performance on Saturday the 30th October at 6 p.m. Welcome!

Laeterna Machina, Digital Dance Collective

Bertrand Gondouin — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:27:00 +0000

What happen when the body becomes the only interface ? How can the body learn, play and compose an audio-visual artifact ? How does it affect creativity and emotion. Can the body function as a visual instrument ?

The Laeterna Machina was founded in 2003 in France as an interdisciplinary research project combining dance, music, video and light engineering.
The Collective is unique in the world of contemporary dance, it has succeed in developing new electronic interfaces with custom sound and video software alongside powerful shows, workshops and lectures. It's also the first dance collective that has published all of its rehearsals on a website (video blog) and that is now available on the iTunes Music Store (video podcast).

Laeterna Machina Collective

Choreography : Gaetano Giunta
Image : Bertrand Gondouin
Light Direction : Cyril Monteil
Sound : Laeterna Machina
Choreography consultant : Mireille Reyes

Shows

Sys-Org (2005-2006)

The performance is a Frankenstein mashup of nostalgia and mental illness, centered round a dancer’s double identity. The choreography creates a sonic and visual instrument which transforms physical impulse and energy into acoustic gestures and visual territories. Composed as a sequence of concentrated scenes, it creates an emotional and narrative logic underscored by intense, abstract imagery. Taking the spectator through the looking glass into what may be the paranoic vision of an android, or simply a tale of modernity.

Download the video : iPod video (QuickTime), 89.6Mo, sony PSP, 152 Mo

Tempo Line (2004) Burn Hollywood Burn !

At the beginning of the show, Gaetano, super dance performer, has to make a huge decision : will he burn fat, hollywood or the electronic devices he is wearing ? Depending his initial impulse, he may change the face of the world...or only his weight.

Tour

27/01/2006 20h30 - Theatre municipal de Montauban, Montauban, France (Sys-Org)
26/01/2006 14h00 - Theatre municipal de Montauban, Montauban, France (Sys-Org)
10/04/2005 - Festival "Les pas de Troyes", Troyes, France (Sys-Org)
03/03/2005 - Festival " Rebonds 05", Albi, France (Sys-Org premiere)
06/06/2004 - Dance at School Workshop, Albi, France (Tempo Line)
03/04/2004 - Festival "Rebonds 04", Albi, France (Tempo Line)
13/10/2003 - Dance at School Workshop, Castres, France (Tempo Line)

Technical aspects

Laeterna Machina uses body sensors patched to the dancer. They measure the movements of the performers and send the signal wirelessly to our computers and home made software.
The raw movement signal is then converted to code that we can use to manipulate directly video, light and sound. We are mostly using the MAX/MSP graphical programming environment, with some drops of PureData, and the MIDI protocol.
With such a system, the performer creates the music with his movements together with the musician and the video artist. Body gesture filters, triggers and transforms sounds and pictures in an unpredictible and complex live show.