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Photosynthesis #5
A live performance with self-built photosensitive instruments demonstrating that the perception of signals depends entirely on perspective. Morphs through ambient/drone/industrial polyrhythms by the careful positioning of instruments and performers with delicate and sensitive interactions. Perceiver modules (solar panels, photosensitive analog sound circuits) are listened to, mixed, and played by adjusting their relations to environmental light conditions and positioning additional projector modules (controllable LEDs with pulse-width modulation). Developed in a darkroom in Graz, after a summertime open air field performance, also adapts to daylight.
Martin Simpson / Roman Gavryliuk
Martin Simpson (US) and Roman Gavryliuk (UA) are sound artists based in Graz, Austria. Together they form the Photosynthesis project, performing self-built synthesizers with light. From 2021-22, they developed instruments for a range of installations, live performances, and notated pieces presented in art spaces in Austria, Switzerland, and Slovakia. They currently study at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics in Graz.
