It's worth pointing out too that both the sound and the lighting were controlled by the same computer output, from the GROOVE hybrid computer system, as Val said.
Phosphones may well have been the first instance of computer-controlled theatrical lighting, and with lighting in sync with the music, via punched paper tape technology, as well as of course both sound and light sync'd to the dance.
Phosphones was composed by Emmanuel Ghent, with choreography by Mimi Garrard and lighting by James Seawright. This is from a live performance at Riverside Church, New York City, on May 19, 2000. It was at the 35th anniversary retrospective of the Mimi Garrard Dance Company.
The complete performance of Phosphones can be found on the Winter 2008 Computer Music Journal DVD.
Ghent composed Phosphones in 1970-1 on the GROOVE system (designed by Max Mathews and FR Moore) at Bell Labs, NJ.
Emmanuel Ghent
JANXDPDX 1 year ago
The music is not interesting at all, but the movement is beautiful.
Iconoclastic8 1 year ago
gracias por el video ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ y que querian decir????
daicarjim 1 year ago
It's worth pointing out too that both the sound and the lighting were controlled by the same computer output, from the GROOVE hybrid computer system, as Val said.
Phosphones may well have been the first instance of computer-controlled theatrical lighting, and with lighting in sync with the music, via punched paper tape technology, as well as of course both sound and light sync'd to the dance.
This is just an excerpt of a longer work.
MusicMouse 2 years ago
the music is good.
sofakid 2 years ago
Phosphones was composed by Emmanuel Ghent, with choreography by Mimi Garrard and lighting by James Seawright. This is from a live performance at Riverside Church, New York City, on May 19, 2000. It was at the 35th anniversary retrospective of the Mimi Garrard Dance Company.
The complete performance of Phosphones can be found on the Winter 2008 Computer Music Journal DVD.
Ghent composed Phosphones in 1970-1 on the GROOVE system (designed by Max Mathews and FR Moore) at Bell Labs, NJ.
valerieghent 3 years ago
is there more to it?
swimatnight 3 years ago