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34. Light Tectonics: The New Aesthetics in Iannis Xenakis’s Work

  • Yin Yu (author)
  • Conrad Harris (author)

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Title34. Light Tectonics
SubtitleThe New Aesthetics in Iannis Xenakis’s Work
ContributorYin Yu (author)
Conrad Harris (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0390.36
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0390/chapters/10.11647/obp.0390.36
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightYin Yu; Conrad Harris;
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2024-10-09
Long abstractLight in Iannis Xenakis’s work is poetic, dramatic, emotional, and powerful. Xenakis not only created a new aesthetic of light art, but also projected a future direction for the role of light in art. The Shape of Light, as a study of the form of digital light, presents visual music for the compositions Mikka (1971) and Mikka ‘S (1976). Two versions of our work are presented and compared: a pre-recorded and a live performance.
Page rangepp. 563–580
Print length18 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Contributors

Yin Yu

(author)
Assistant Professor at San Diego State University

Yin Yu is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and engineer. Her research investigates the potential of interactive multimedia environments and the intersection of architecture, music, and emerging technologies. Her practice covers a broad spectrum, including furniture, architecture, interactive multimedia, wearable design, and art installation. Underlying every aspect of her work is her deep commitment to investigating the social and physical interactions between human beings and the built spaces and redesigning the human-made environment through new media technologies. She has a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering, a Master of Science in Information Technology, a Master of Science in Interior Architecture, and a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Technologies. She has won several prestigious awards, and her work has been published and exhibited internationally, such as the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) conference (US), the Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID) workshop (FR), the Wearable Technology Exhibition (ES), and the Expanded Animation Symposium at Ars Electronica (AT). Yu joined the School of Art and Design at San Diego State University (SDSU) as Assistant Professor in 2022, and in 2023, she received the “Dean’s Award for Achievement in Research Scholarship Creative Activity” from SDSU.

Conrad Harris

(author)

Violinist Conrad Harris has performed at Ostrava Days, Darmstadt Ferrienkürse für Neue Musik, Gulbenkian Encounters of New Music, Radio France, Warsaw Autumn, and Bang on a Can. He is member of the FLUX Quartet and violin duo String Noise, and concertmaster/soloist with the S.E.M. Orchestra and Ostravská Banda. He has performed and recorded with Elliott Sharp, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, “Blue” Gene Tyranny, Jean-Claude Risset, Rohan de Saram, and Tiny Tim. Harris has recorded several works by composer Iannis Xenakis. Recent CD releases of violin sonatas by Lejaren Hiller and John Becker are on New World Records. Upcoming recordings include works by the Sonic Arts Union and John Cage’s Freeman Etudes. He has also recorded for Lovely, Mode, Asphodel, Vandenburg, CRI, Northern Spy, Cold Blue, New Focus, Chaikin, Infrequent Seams, and Vinyl Retentive Records. See further www.conradharris.com; www.fluxquartet.com; www.stringnoiseduo.com