Here's the video from the Cannes Lions session on Technology and Creativity, with Tod Machover, Will.i.am, Marc Landsberg, Johan Jervøe, moderated by Nick Brien. Update: The YouTubes were taken down, but the video is now available on the Cannes Lions website.
Machover’s ‘Bounce’ and ‘Vinyl Cello’ on WHRC
WRHC's "New and Dangerous Music" program will be airing Tod Machover's 'Bounce' and 'Vinyl Cello' Tuesday, July 12, at 10-11PM CST. Buy CDs: 'Bounce' (Bridge Records) and 'Vinyl Cello' (Oxingale). We invited Tod to comment about these two pieces. Here's what he wrote: My compositions Bounce (1992) and VinylCello (2007) were written 15 years apart, so they …
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Summertime…
Tod just came across this gallery of photos from a pro shoot of his studio done several summers ago. The image files are large and copyrighted, so we won't re-post them here, but you can go take a look by clicking on the link below: http://bear.photoshelter.com/gallery/G0000KPNd2fBoXOg The photos were taken for this GoodLife magazine story about rescuing …
Opera Now reviews Death and the Powers
Technology transforming creativity (video)
This is fun! It's a promotional video from McCann for the Cannes Lions session two weeks ago. Check out the imagery from Death and the Powers and other Media Lab Opera of the Future projects!!
New interview for London’s b.TWEEN event
Tod Machover posted today: New interview with UK journalist Kate Russell in advance of the b.TWEEN event she's hosting in London at the British Film Institute as well as online on July 21st, to explore real and virtual immersive experiences of the future. Some funky video taken from our Skype chat, but the interview covers some …
Doing the Cannes-Cannes
Here are some stories from yesterday's panel on "Technology and its Transformation of Creativity" at the Cannes Lions: McCann and MRM panel discuss how technology is transforming creativity "Machover said the advertising community needs to take risks in the competitive social environment. He said: "The world is changing so fast are there are many people competing for your …
What’s up this week
Check out the updated official Death and the Powers website. We appreciate feedback! Tod is on a whirlwind trip to Europe this week, giving talks and meeting with collaborators. He's in Prague today (June 19), where he'll be speaking about the production design and technology of Death and the Powers to audiences attending the Quadrennial of …
Tod Machover at IRCAM – June 28, 2011
Hypercellos to Guitar Hero to Robotic Opera and Beyond mardi 28 juin 2011 12h-13h Ircam - salle Stravinsky en anglais This presentation will trace the development of music research work over the past 20 years in Tod Machover's Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab. The musical concepts behind technologies for enhanced …
Tod Machover’s “Flora” with original HD Video
Tod Machover's composition "Flora" was created in 1989, a collaboration with Japanese computer graphics artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi. The video has been unavailable for a while, but has recently been re-edited by Peter Torpey, a PhD student in Tod's Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab. Tod writes about "Flora" and this new …
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