5x3x3 (2019) for THREE WINDs

Still image from the score for 5x3x3 (2019).

Excerpt from the premiere performance of 5x3x3 at the Ian Potter Centre for the Performing Arts, Melbourne. Featuring ​Carl Rosman (cla.),  Ryan Williams (bass rec.), and Tamara Kohler (a. flute).

5x3x3 for any three pitched wind instruments is an open-form work featuring a reactive graphic score generated in real-time and displayed for each of the performers on Microsoft’s HoloLens, see Figure 1. The score presents a series of three (3x) dynamic three-dimensional constructs formed from 45 spherical nodes connected by lines of variable curvature, color, and length which each denote particular musical parameters. As the performers musically explore various pathways through the score, the score itself is subject to transformations driven by variations of timbral nuance each performer is able to elicit from their respective instrument in addition to a number of global spatial transforms which cause the three discrete constructs to expand, contract and intersect. The open-ended field of musical possibilities presented by the evolving score in the mixed reality space of the HoloLens, promotes a physical engagement with the score where the navigation through its various possibilities is musically traced through a dérive-like sonic exploration.
 
Released in 2018, Microsoft’s HoloLens is a mixed reality device which presents immersive, three-dimensional visualizations to the wearer. The device affords a practical solution for displaying three-dimensional scores hitherto not possible. In 5x3x3, multiple HoloLens are synchronised over a local network with the information displayed to the performers modified via a UDP connection with a master Max signal analysis and control patch. 5x3x3 is a technically complex work which was made possible through a professional development grant awarded by the Australian Council for the Arts which made possible a research residency at IRCAM in January, 2018. Many thanks also to Daryl Buckley and the ELISION ensemble, for whom the work is written, for their ongoing support throughout its long development. 


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