Photos just in from the opening of VOCAL VIBRATIONS a few days ago in Paris. Here are a few to give a taste; will post more soon. The installation is on at Le Laboratoire through September, so I hope you'll have a chance to experience it between now and then.http://www.lelaboratoire.org/en/archives-18.php (9 photos)
Paris: Meet the Vocal Vibrations Team
From Tod Machover's Facebook page (posted March 27, 2014) "Here's a picture from yesterday of my terrific team from the MIT Media Lab that has been working on the VOCAL VIBRATIONS project, showing the specially designed "oRb" that lets you hold the vibrations from your voice in your hands. Yes, it's an unusual experience! Press …
Vocal Vibrations Opens Friday!
The Opera of the Future team and Neri Oxman are fine tuning the VOCAL VIBRATIONS experience at Le Laboratoire in Paris for tomorrow's private opening, with public opening on Friday…..and it is starting to look and sound great. It will be there through September 2014, so we hope you have a chance to hear/see it. Information …
“Vocal Vibrations” next month in Paris
From the New York Times, Feburary 24, 2014 Vocal Vibrations. Le Laboratoire, Paris. Opens March 28. Free. From the people who brought you inhalable chocolate, here comes a high-tech singalong. Visitors start in a chamber filled with ethereal music by the composer Tod Machover. When they wander into a private “cocoon” designed by Neri Oxman, they can sing while …
Death and the Powers Global Simulcast – Ticket links here
The Dallas Opera presents a new production of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers, February 12-16. This visually spectacular robot pageant by the MIT Media Lab's Opera of the Future group tells the story of Simon Powers, a powerful businessman and inventor nearing the end of his life, who downloads his consciousness into “The System” in …
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“Death and the Powers” Global Simulcast details revealed
From Press Release: The Dallas Opera launches an unparalleled new initiative combining opera and technology with the first-ever global interactive simulcast of an opera. Death and the Powers, written by acclaimed American composer, inventor and professor at the MIT Media Lab, Tod Machover, receives its Dallas Opera premiere performances in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the …
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Vocal Vibrations, coming soon to Paris
First announcement of Opera of the Future's new VOCAL VIBRATIONS installation, opening at Le Laboratoire in Paris on March 27, 2014 and coming to Cambridge (Mass.) in fall 2014. Get a glimpse at the Le Laboratoire website; more info soon!
Join our interactive live-stream event Tuesday, July 9th!!
REPERTOIRE REMIX Special Interactive Improvisation Session for Tod Machover's Festival City Commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival Created at the MIT Media Lab Hosted by The Guardian Composer Tod Machover is in the midst of creating a "collaborative symphony" called Festival City, to be premiered on August 27th at the Edinburgh International Festival. The work is a sonic portrait …
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