NAVAL CASSIDY  and

USURPER  and

THE DISTRICT NURSE

September 16th 2010    7-30 pm

Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9SU, UK

0044 (0) 131 6290039

- a night of instant cinema and improvised sound.

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Tickets £3

Naval MP4s just around the corner.

Just added three, and more to come!

A VCW Performance
At Diapason Gallery
with fellow VCW artists Adam Kendall, Jonny Farrow, Nisi Jacobs, Dan Winckler, Philip White
April 28 8pm

$7

From Naval’s Notes:
Mr. Cassidy has created his first graphic score for his latest take on Instant Cinema.  Its title will remain a secret, even to himself, until after the piece has been performed.  However, the short history of this new work is no mystery.  In fact, thanks to Adam Kendall’s fabulous Video Composer’s Workshop at Diapason Gallery, Naval has been hard at work converting a hand drawn score of eight voices into five electronic midi scores that manipulate different parts of his video and audio mix.  The three voices left are to be read by his fellow performers; two on camera, one on AM radio;  plus various shtick in between the sections to cleanse your palette.

Bring sunglasses.

Diapason Gallery is at 882 Third Avenue, between 32nd and 33rd Streets, 10th floor
Brooklyn, NY

phone: 718-499-5070

email: diapason(dot)info(at)gmail.com

Subway: N, D or R to 36th Street
Bus: #35, 37, 63, 70

Here it is.

1st Segment

Parts A B C D

Parts E F G H

I cut the original score into 5 pieces of 8 tracks per piece. Of the eight tracks, only five have midi scores.

Voice A – the switching back and forth between two video cameras
Voice B – the switching back and forth between two audio signals
Voice C – props rotating on a turntable captured with the first video camera
Voice D – the relative position, size and length of time props are displayed on a plate of glass captured by the second camera
Voice E – the change in pitch of an oscillator
Voice F – the change in frequency of an AM radio
Voice G – is Voice A modulated (modulation is live event)
Voice H – is Voice B modulated (modulation is live event)

2nd Segment

Parts A B C D

Parts E F G H

Voice A – the switching back and forth between two video cameras
Voice B – the switching back and forth between two audio signals
Voice C – props rotating on a turntable captured with the first video camera
Voice D – the relative position, size and length of time props are displayed on a plate of glass captured by the second camera
Voice E – the change in pitch of an oscillator
Voice F – the change in frequency of an AM radio
Voice G – is Voice A modulated (modulation is live event)
Voice H – is Voice B modulated (modulation is live event)

3rd Segment

Parts A B C D

Parts E F G H

Voice A – the switching back and forth between two video cameras
Voice B – the switching back and forth between two audio signals
Voice C – props rotating on a turntable captured with the first video camera
Voice D – the relative position, size and length of time props are displayed on a plate of glass captured by the second camera
Voice E – the change in pitch of an oscillator
Voice F – the change in frequency of an AM radio
Voice G – is Voice A modulated (modulation is live event)
Voice H – is Voice B modulated (modulation is live event)

4th Segment

Parts A B C D

Parts E F G H

I cut the original score into 5 pieces of 8 tracks per piece. Of the eight tracks, only five have midi scores.

Voice A – the switching back and forth between two video cameras
Voice B – the switching back and forth between two audio signals
Voice C – props rotating on a turntable captured with the first video camera
Voice D – the relative position, size and length of time props are displayed on a plate of glass captured by the second camera
Voice E – the change in pitch of an oscillator
Voice F – the change in frequency of an AM radio
Voice G – is Voice A modulated (modulation is live event)
Voice H – is Voice B modulated (modulation is live event)

5th Segment

Parts A B C D

Parts E F G H

I cut the original score into 5 pieces of 8 tracks per piece. Of the eight tracks, only five have midi scores.

Voice A – the switching back and forth between two video cameras
Voice B – the switching back and forth between two audio signals
Voice C – props rotating on a turntable captured with the first video camera
Voice D – the relative position, size and length of time props are displayed on a plate of glass captured by the second camera
Voice E – the change in pitch of an oscillator
Voice F – the change in frequency of an AM radio
Voice G – is Voice A modulated (modulation is live event)
Voice H – is Voice B modulated (modulation is live event)

this palette was used to create some new midi scores, featured in more recent posts.

#1 shows a sequence of on and offs, 0 or 127, at different rates.  From left to right, two repetitions of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 hertz.  More or less.

#2 charts the possible values, from 0 to 127 in increments of 16, roughly.  I wanted these sequences to appear more hand drawn.

prepared for Video Composer’s Workshop

section one of five midi transcriptions of hand drawn graphic score

prepared for Video Composer’s Workshop

section two of five midi transcriptions of hand drawn graphic score

prepared for Video Composer’s Workshop

section three of five midi transcriptions of hand drawn graphic score

prepared for Video Composer’s Workshop

section four of five midi transcriptions of hand drawn graphic score

prepared for Video Composer’s Workshop

section five of five midi transcriptions of hand drawn graphic score

prepared for Video Composer’s Workshop