Students on the MA in Audiovisual Cultures perform their installations and showcase film work for their final major project.

Performances from 12noon by:
12pm Angie Piazza in the EMS installation room 
1pm Phoebe Nadorp in RHB 167 
2pm Jerry Li in the EMS multichannel room 
3pm Jisu Jeong on prepared piano in The Great Hall 
4pm Evan O'Donnell in RHB 167 
A Body Knows the Pattern 
A Body Knows the Pattern debuts a custom performance system using gesture sensors and machine learning to explore embodied rhythm and texture within electronic music. Muscle tension and illustrative movements sculpt, stretch and trigger percussive phrases and field recordings, while also shaping and responding to a machine learning model trained on the performer’s movement language. The relationship between artist and technology serves as a metaphor and mediator for the tension, surrender, listening, and balance between person and lived environment, exploring the permeability between embodied expression and the patterns of our surroundings. 

Evan O'Donnell is a NYC-native composer, performer and researcher investigating gesture, expressive timing, and embodied interaction within electronic and experimental music practice. Recent work explores the translation of physical movement to rhythmic phrase and the transposition of captured improvisations across digital mediums and genres. Previous compositions include collaborations with Balinese gamelan ensembles along with noise and electronics. 
Instagram: @evvvv_od 
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/evan_o 

6pm Lily Pietersen  in RHB Cinema
Dreaming, Ending, Changing 
Filmed over the course of one year, this piece follows F*Choir, a London-based queer choir, as they use song to build community, grieve, protest and express identity. 

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Image: Evan O’Donnell and Lily Pietersen