As part of the centenary celebrations for the birth of Iannis Xenakis, the Performative Environments Arts Research Lab at the Department of Audiovisual Arts of the Ionian University, in collaboration with Athens Conservatory and the Meta-Xenakis consortium are planning a “Xenakis Networked Performance Marathon” from Friday, December 16 19:00 (local time EEST), to Saturday, December 17, 2022, 21:00 (local time, EEST).  During this marathon, works will be performed at the same time at Athens Conservatory (Athens), as well as other venues worldwide, using the internet to transmit control data, audio and video and to coordinate performances between different locations. Our aim is to enable artists to perform their works from remote locations and to recreate these works in real time in Athens and other venues by running the software that creates these performances locally, based on the data received from the performers over the internet. 


Performance data from live coders, scores, instrumental performers, dancers, installations and other media formats, will be shared live between individual coders, performers and venues anywhere in the world during the performances, enabling different realizations at each venue.  The main data format will be Open Sound Control (OSC), and data will be broadcast to all performing venues via OscGroups (http://www.rossbencina.com/code/oscgroups).   Additionally we will provide audio and video streaming.  At the Athens Conservatory we will provide support for recreating performances on various software platforms such as SuperCollider, TidalCycles, FoxDot, SEMA and others.

Participants are invited to submit works inspired by Iannis Xenakis's techniques or thinking to be performed at this marathon, including but not limited to Live Coding performances. The Athens performance group is, for example, designing a performance in which dancers equipped with wearable motion sensors will drive and/or modify sound with data from their movement both locally and remotely, supported by OscGroups.  We invite proposals from other artists to develop and present works based on OSC and perform them concurrently in real time in various locations throughout the world.

We encourage proposals in any format provided that a remote networked component is involved.  We will support the realization of different types of presentations on-site, and invite especially performances that involve an embodied aspect by transmitting data of sensors from performers but also from other sources, as well as peformances where the remote realizations may adapt the presentation format according to the resources available locally. 

All submissions should be submitted here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xnpm22

Extended deadline for submissions: October 15, 2022

Results will be announced on October 30th, 2022.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit a short description of the idea of your project, stating :

a) the artistic and/or technical goal of the project

b) the technical requirements for realizing the performance (technical rider including computers, software, audio and video requirements).

• Performance proposals describing:
  • Name of performance
  • Duration of performance
  • Remote Performers
  • Local Performers
  • Software required
  • Hardware required
  • Other requirements
  • Concept of proposal

List of Topics

• Computer implementations of compositional algorithms of Iannis Xenakis 
• Iannis Xenakis' philosophical vision and live coding performance practices
• Alternative interpretations of Iannis Xenakis' scores
• Works inspired by scores, mathematical or philological writings of Iannis Xenakis
• Works of experimental character in any format, provided that they use the internet to enable remote performance, and including submissions where the remote realizations may adapt the presentation format according to the resources available locally. 

Committees

Program Committee

• Iannis Zannos (Overall coordination)
• Dimitra Kousteridou (Sonic Intermedia)
• Lila Zafeiropoulou (Dance and Embodied Performane)

Organizing Committee

• Iannis Zannos
• Ilia Katsaridou
• Roubini Oikonomidou

Technical Committee

• Martin Carlé
• Vasilis Agiomyrgianakis
• Iason Svoronos-Kanavas

Venue

The performances will be hosted at Athens Conservatory, the new Black Box Multifaceted Performance Space https://www.athensconservatoire.gr/venuehire/blackboxm/ or alternatively in the Aris Garoufalis Concert Hall https://www.athensconservatoire.gr/venuehire/arisgaroufalis/. 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to xnpm22@meta-xenakis.org