The Wings of Nike (1987)
Song of Songs (1992)
Lawrence Cherney, oboe d’amore & English
horn
Pacific Dragon (1991)
Night
of the Conjurer (1992)
These videos are collaborative works between
two composers, Theo Goldberg who created the images with the
aid of Vax and Amiga computers, and Barry Truax who created
the music with real-time
granular synthesis between 1985
and 1992.
The disc includes The
Wings of Nike (three movements), one of whose
images appears below, Song of Songs, with
oboeist and English horn player Lawrence
Cherney, Pacific Dragon with one of
the movements from Pacific, and the
video collaboration, Night of the Conjurer.
A complete documentation analysis of the first two works (with still images) is also available on a DVD-ROM.
Technical note
The computer images realized with a Vax at the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver were produced by a
Ramtek frame buffer and Metheus monitor display, controlled by
customized software by Robert Ross based on the LIG language.
The music was synthesized by the DMX-1000 Digital Signal
Processor controlled by a PDP Micro-11 computer with software
for real-time granular synthesis developed by Barry Truax in
the Centre for the Arts at Simon Fraser University.
