2 Live performances with a pneumatic installation transformed into a moving soundsculpture

These performances took place at Nijmeegse Vierdaagse and Robodock Festival Amsterdam
Pneuma-tix is the name of my self-built living sculpture, annex noise-instrument, consisting of jumping airtubes and pneumatic pistons. The tubes are at one end connected to electronic pneumatic valves (hand controlled with midi-controllers) and at the other end turning and jumping around wildly, because of the air that looks for an exit at 8 bar airpressure. The pistons are connected to the valves either, and realtime midicontrolled by hand as well.

With the movings of the tubes and pistons I create beats and soundscapes, amplified by to mics, fixed on the valves. This way the 'left-over-air' blows directly from the valve-block into the microphones, so what you see is what you hear; the essence of the sounds is corresponding with the pneumatic movements. The pneumatic soundsource (picked up by the mics) goes as well into my computer as soundinput for digital soundprocessing.

I am playing with this installation moving back and forward; to and away from reality, from real pneumatic noise (directly linked to the visible dialogue between the pistons and the valves) to virtual digital noise-layers out of my computer (triggered by live sound events). Both are live composed and connected to each other, controlled by me. To highlight the behavior of the tubes I use blacklights combined with a stroboscope, so the traces of the tubes in the air, are made visible and a complete experience is taking place.