WAVE CURRENTS: viDEO sAVant

Wave Currents: viDEO sAVant

Val Opielski, electric guitar; Margaret Schedel, midi cello; Ray Anderson, trombone; Grady Gerbacht, percussion; Aaron Igler, electronics; Charles Woodman, live image mix.

 http://www.videosavant.org/savant.html

viDEO sAVant makes Spontaneous Cinema, performances in which the images and sounds are created in real- time in front of the audience. As the musicians watch the screen, they react to the flow of pictures, the music evolving in response to this visual score. The images in turn are being composed and manipulated in response to the music. The work is improvisational, with an emphasis on process and the dynamic evolution of the material, as sound and image lead each other back and forth in the mix.

Performing as viDEO sAVant since the early ‘90s, Charles Woodman has worked with a wide range of musical collaborators. His appearances include shows at the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC; the Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, OH; Living Arts of Tulsa, OK; 21 Grand, Oakland, CA; the San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA; and New Instruments for Musical Expression, Vancouver, BC.

Special thanks to Philadelphia Sound Forum.