Whitechapel Gallery

Luke Fowler and Mark Fell

30 Oct 2015 - 07 Feb 2016

LUKE FOWLER AND MARK FELL
Computers and Cooperative Music-Making
30 October 2015 - 7 February 2016

The computer is a ubiquitous component in today’s music studios and on stage. Using sound, text and image, the new collaboration between Glasgow-based artist film-maker Luke Fowler (b. 1978) and Sheffield-based multidisciplinary artist Mark Fell (b. 1966) examines the development of early computer music languages that have been obscured by more commercially viable options.

The exhibition looks at how the use of computers began to shape music-making through experimentation with unfamiliar techniques involving mathematical structures, data and unusual forms of interaction. These methods are buried deep in the archaeological sub strata of today’s electronic music. Working across visual arts and music, the display becomes a tool for local students to experiment with computer-based composition.

Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
 

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