Thursday, March 29, 3:30 p.m.
SEAMUS 2018 - CONCERT 3
University of Oregon School of Music
Ewa Trębacz's audiovisual composition ERRAI was presented at the 2018 national conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), held at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance in Eugene, Oregon.
Polish Radio, Polish Music Information Center and Polish Composers' Union (ZKP) have released Ewa Trębacz’s monographic audio CD as part of the new series Muzyka Polska Dzisiaj (Polish Music Today), promoting new works created in Poland and around the world.
This CD includes 5 works by Ewa Trębacz, created between 2000 and 2013, ranging from solo works with electronics to large orchestral works with Ambisonic sound. The project is non-commercial with approximately 300 CDs to be donated to various institutions, and a small number to be distributed by the Polish Radio.
The CD has been presented as the "Album of the Week" by Classical King FM's Second Inversion, their online channel devoted to contemporary music, where you can find an interview with Ewa and Josiah Boothby (French horn, collaborator on much of the disc release).
An article by Ewa Trębacz has been published in Organised Sound - an international peer-reviewed journal of music and technology. The article focuses on applications of immersive audiovisual media to experimental art, in particular in the context of so-called Visual Music.
Based on her doctoral dissertation research, Ewa Trębacz presented "Depth Modulation: Visual Music in Immersive Media Environment" at the Understanding Visual Music conference at Concordia University in Montreal.
UVM 2011 was a two-day conference focused on developing an understanding of the practice of visual music, its definition, related creative and perceptual considerations, current trends, technological innovation, and possible future directions.
Erraipremiered at the 52nd International Festival of Contemporary Music WARSAW AUTUMN.
"Errai" is an audiovisual immersive work by Ewa Trębacz, created in collaboration with Josiah Boothby (French horn), Anna Niedźwiedź (soprano) and Robert Sowa (lighting animation). Stereoscopic animation and Ambisonic soundtrack were realized by Ewa Trębacz at DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle.
The work is based on encounters of spaces and encounters of artistic personalities, where the entire physical and perceptual space, including the audience, is considered the resonance box of a single instrument. Selected immersive technologies are combined together in an attempt to challenge our perception of the real and the imaginary.
Spaces compete. While the sound fills the entire physical space, and even extends it, the visual layers focus the visual perception at certain moments, events, and selected parts of the time-space. Spaces overlap. Sound and imagery compete for audience attention demanding at times an extreme focus and willingness to stretch the borders of perception.
This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.