A quartet of woodwind members of the BOLT Ensemble interact with Stelarc’s Anthropomorphic Machine following a score by composer and sound artist James Hullick.
Photo by Tim McNeilage.
Stelarc teams up with the BOLT Ensemble and James Hullick for a concert at Science Gallery Melbourne.
In collaboration with Science Gallery Melbourne, Stelarc will launch his latest creation, the Anthropomorphic Machine, presented as part of the SWARM exhibition. Hullick has composed a new work that will be performed by a woodwind quartet of BOLT Ensemble musicians interacting with Stelarc’s Anthropomorphic Machine. The score itself has been devised in response to schematic diagrams provided by Stelarc’s team.
This is 21st century contemporary art born of a bursting, technologised society abundant in possibilities. The Anthropomorphic Machine is an interactive robotic installation actuated by pneumatic rubber muscles. It is 8m high and 7m in diameter. The camera and computational system detect a person’s proximity and their gestures to generate mechanised undulating, pulsing and glitch behaviours. It also has online interactivity. Anyone anywhere will be able to animate the robot. With the compressed air sounds and solenoid clicks it also becomes a sound machine whose choreography composes the soundscape.
Photo by Tim McNeilage.
About The BOLT Ensemble
The BOLT Ensemble is dedicated to performing the music and sonic art projects of JOLT Arts. The ensemble was formed in 2004 and forthrightly premiered and internationally toured new audacious works, often working with cutting-edge technology and demonstrating a commitment to community development projects. With a core of 9 musicians, the BOLT line-up of musicians changes from project to project — able to expand to a full orchestra.
BOLT Ensemble Woodwinds Quartet: Belinda Woods, Alice Bennett, Gideon Brazil and Karen Heath