• Archive for October, 2009

    Linux mint and HP LaserJet P1005

    by  • Friday 23 October 2009 • Uncategorized • 2 Comments

    Linux Mint has become my favourite Linux distribution as of lately. It is built on Ubuntu but with the added benefit of native installation of lots of extra drivers, audio/video codecs, and small programs that make life a lot easier. This is particularly important as Linux is not my main platform, and I don’t want [...]

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    Hyperimprovsation video

    by  • Monday 19 October 2009 • Uncategorized

    Alexander Refsum Jensenius: Etude #2 for piano and live electronics from Alexander Refsum Jensenius on Vimeo. This performance was part of the workshop “Hyperimprovisation” at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway, 15-17 September 2009. The inspiration for the piece was to explore simplicity in performance of live electronics together with acoustic instruments. Many [...]

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    New book: Musikk og bevegelse

    by  • Saturday 10 October 2009 • Uncategorized

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    Yesterday I received the first copies of my new book “Musikk og bevegelse” (Music and movement), and it is supposed to be available for sale next week. This is a text book in Norwegian giving an overview of theory and methods used in the study of music-related movements. The book is based on my dissertation, [...]

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    Testing control of CataRT from video analysis

    by  • Wednesday 7 October 2009 • Research • 3 Comments

    I am working with Victoria Johnson on a piece involving movement in physical and sonic space. Here is a screenshot of a patch where I use analysis output of some of my video modules from Jamoma to control the cursor navigating in the 2D-space in CataRT. The video camera is hanging in the ceiling, and [...]

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