Illusion | Immersion
posted : 23 November 2011
Illusion | Immersion, new performance by Rubedo
X|Media|Lab Sweden
Caroli Church
Malmo 25 November 2011
Laurent-Paul Robert and Vesna Petresin Robert of Rubedo are presenting, performing and mentoring at the X|Media|Lab Sweden. The event focuses on the latest frontier of digital media – the physical world.
Using the technique of ‘harmonography’, Rubedo’s performance set in Caroli Church in Malmo explores synaesthesia and immersive environments by means of location-based digital tools.
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Supported by amBX
Notes from the Universe
posted : 5 October 2011
Professor Brian Foster, Dr Vesna Petresin Robert, Ariane Koek:
Notes from the Universe | Notes and Letters, Kings Place
London 9 October 2011
‘Notes from the Universe’ examines the Pythagorean concept of Music of the Spheres in relation to particle physics, the origins of the universe and creativity.
The event features Professor Brian Foster of Oxford University, Vesna Petresin Robert of Rubedo, and Ariane Koek of International Arts at CERN, and includes a screening of Rubedo’s audio-visual pieces as well as sounds of particles from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
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Audiomorph
posted : 21 September 2011
Audiomorph, new work by Rubedo
Block Party, A Crafts Council Touring Exhibition
designjunction, London Design Week
London 21-25 September 2011
A new piece by Rubedo merging film, choreography, sound, pattern and sculpture, has been included in the ‘Block Party’ touring exhibition examining art and pattern cutting.
‘Audiomorph’ [Can I Wear My Song?] explores the space of the body in relation to its environment, where transformation is driven by sound parameters; the crystallised sonic pattern becomes a wearable architecture.
Curated by Lucy Orta and The Crafts Council.
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Revisualising the Real
posted : 17 September 2011
interview with Rubedo by Balmond Studio
Resonant Forms [Thinking in Practice]
London, 15 September 2011
Rubedo discuss their theory and practice with Alexandra Wilk in an interview ‘Revisualising the Real’, drawing parallels between synaesthesia and immersive environments. The conversation is part of the third ‘Thinking in Practice’ issue examining Resonant Forms.
Published by Balmond Studio.
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Structure in Flux @ DigitalFUTURE
posted : 12 August 2011
DigitalFUTURE
CAUP Exhibition Space
Shanghai, 13 August – 15 September 2011
Rubedo’s sound sculpture animated by responsive particle fields, is being shown at the ‘DigitalFUTURE’ in Shanghai. The exhibition explores the use of advanced computational techniques and robotic fabrication technologies in design and art.
Featured practices include Zaha Hadid Architects, Greg Lynn Form, UN Studio, Kokkugia, SPAN, Biothing et al.
Curated in collaboration between USC, Tongji University and SCUT.
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Structure in Flux @ ICA
posted : 14 July 2011
Re|Flux: Sublimated Landscape | Sonic Topology
Soundfjord @ Everything, ICA
London 16th July 2011
‘Structure in Flux’, a live performance by Rubedo based on topological sound-driven animated structure, features as an installation at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London on 16th July 2011.
The piece is presented in the selection of immersive sonic and visual art ‘Re|Flux: Sublimated Landscape | Sonic Topology’, curated by Soundfjord.
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The Tree of Life
posted : 12 July 2011
Rubedo collaborate on ‘The Tree of Life’ VFX
UK release 8th June 2011
Laurent-Paul Robert of Rubedo worked with Double Negative VFX and the superviser Dan Glass to create the stunning visuals for ‘The Tree of Life’.
The film by Terrence Malick won the Palme d’or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and has just been released in the UK.
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Global Media Ideas
posted : 2 June 2011
Global Media Ideas | Vivid, Opera House
Sydney, 10th -12th June 2011
X|Media|Lab have invited Rubedo to present and perform their work at Global Media Ideas at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Vivid festival.
Vesna Petresin Robert is one of the mentors at the Lab, the internationally acclaimed digital media think tanks and creative workshop.
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Open Source
posted : 22 May 2011
Open Source | Architecture as Open Culture
Published by Circo de Ideias, 2011
Rubedo feature in the new book ‘Open Source | Architecture as Open Culture’ documenting ideas, projects and discussions that informed the 2010 Open Source event at Casa da Musica, Porto.
‘Harmonographic Sound Structures’ combines text and stills from 3D film from Rubedo’s performance at Casa da Musica.
The book includes essays by Cecil Balmond, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Sanford Kwinter, Tomas Saraceno, Ron Eglash, Overworld, Antonio Adão de Fonseca, Luis Tavares Pereira and Gonçalo Azevedo.
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Media & the Senses
posted : 4 May 2011
Media & the Senses, Goldsmiths
London, 5th – 6th May 2011
The ‘Media & the Senses’ conference at Goldsmiths features a presentation of the work of Rubedo.
Vesna Petresin Robert discusses the role of synaesthesia and cross-modal networks in their practice, in a session chaired by Julian Henriques on 6th May.
Organised by the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, the subject of the event is the changing nature and definition of the senses and the presentation of sensory data, as well as the artistic interventions that explore this shift.
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Space Matters
posted : 13 April 2011
Space Matters, Tate Modern
London, 6th – 13th April 2011
Rubedo performed and presented their trans-disciplinary, post-medium, post-format, post-studio practice at Tate Modern.
Curated by Jean Matthee, ‘Space Matters: Excess of Inclusion Over Belonging’ is part of the ongoing Topology Project as well as an introduction to the event series ‘‘Topology: Spaces of Transformation’, a collaboration between Tate Modern and NTNU.
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Wave_Strings
posted : 14 February 2011
new work by Rubedo
London 2010
An extract from the sound/video piece ‘Wave Strings’, first shown as an installation at the Vienna Art Week [Talking Heads] 2010, is now available online.
Composed with an integer sequence defining rhythmical patterns, the sound piece continuously shapes the fluid particles.
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Rubedo – Wave_Strings from Rubedo on Vimeo.
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Crossing Limits
posted : 12 November 2010
Talking Heads, Vienna Art Week
The Secession, Vienna, 18th November 2010
Rubedo are staging a trans-disciplinary performance at the Secession during the ‘Talking Heads’ interview marathon with Robert Punkenhofer, the Artistic Director of Vienna Art Week.
Six artists have been invited to present their work, situated in the interface of visual art and film, politics, architecture, music, fashion, literature, design, and identity, to explore the subject of ‘Crossing Limits’.
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Transforming Space, Shape, Structure
posted : 11 November 2010
Transformations: Architecture as Alchemy
World Architecture Festival
Barcelona, 3rd November 2010
Laurent-Paul Robert and Vesna Petresin Robert were speakers at the seminar ‘Space, Shape and Structure Transformed Through Digital Technologies’, with Sawako Kaijima of Adams Kara Taylor and the World Architecture Festival curator Jeremy Melvin.
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Shake Up Your Perceptions
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Transformations: Architecture as Alchemy
posted : 25 October 2010
Rubedo: Trans_Form / Structure in Flux
Installation [ Transformations / World Architecture Festival ]
Barcelona, 3rd to 5th November 2010
Rubedo are showing a new multimedia installation commissioned for the World Architecture Festival Barcelona, entitled Structure in Flux.
Also featuring at the exhibition is a short film outlining the theory and practice of Rubedo.
Laurent-Paul Robert and Vesna Petresin Robert are speakers at the accompanying seminar entitled “Transformations: Architecture as Alchemy”. In the panel discussion “Transforming Space and Form”, they share their views, with engineers Adams Kara Taylor, on trans-disciplinary methods, combining art, engineering and architecture, altering perceptions and pushing the boundaries of creativity and imagination.
Architecture as Alchemy Transforming Space and Form
Speakers [Laurent-Paul Robert] [Vesna Petresin Robert]
Structure in Flux
posted : 14 September 2010
new work by Rubedo,
London, Summer 2010
Investigating flow, rhythm and growth, Rubedo are developing new work commissioned by the World Architecture Festival: Architecture as Alchemy.
‘Structure in Flux’ is a live performance in which structure is being shaped, in real-time, in response to frequencies, modulations and rhythmical patterns of a sound piece. Here is a screenshot from the rehearsal.
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Summer Show UCL
posted : 3 July 2010
Summer Show, The Bartlett School of Architecture,
UCL, London, 25 June – 3 July 2010
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, opened its annual Summer Show in London. Students exhibited innovative drawings, models, devices, texts, animations and installations.
Vesna Petresin Robert mentored theses on subjects ranging from film aesthetics informing design methods, OCD in the context of biopolitical development of suburbia, to augmented reality in relation to dislocation of domestic space and identity. [pictured left is the award-winning project by Keiichi Matsuda]
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Harmonographic Sound Structures
posted : 9 June 2010
New performance by Rubedo
Open Source, Casa da Música, Porto
Rubedo have been commissioned new work for the international event ‘Open Source’ on 12 June 2010 at Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal.
The performance «Harmonographic Sound Structures» addresses analogies between architecture, music and mathematics through the concept of number, rhythm, structure, complexity and synaesthesia.
Using their technique of harmonography, Rubedo designed a digital interface that allows to connect narrative with live sound and film, in real-time.
Exploring sound in space through combination of musical phrases, visual sequences and live improvisation, challenges conventions of composing and performing.
The method of chance connectivity introduces an observer-dependent space to composition. Structures of sound and space become unpredictable: they are shaped in real-time by both material and nonmaterial elements, as well as user interaction.
Like contemporary architecture that engages multiple senses, disciplines and media, this new piece invites an experience that is dynamic and open-ended.
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