Velocity Bounce and Ghidorina by Helen Bledsoe

a-life RAVE Somax2 Tolvera

This is a brief abstract of my presentation for the IRCAM Forum in Latvia 2025 presenting two new works of mine that integrate Somax II and a RAVE models (one of which is my flute playing) in combination with either live performance or live visuals using A-life simulations with Tölvera

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Abstract: In this demo I will show concert or video documentation and present the concepts about two works that use Rave and Somax:

1) "Poem for G" for voice and alto flute, which will be premiered in Maastricht 20. September, shows a live implementation of these technologies. They build a framework for a three-layered interplay of flute sounds, text (derived from Anne Sexon's "O Ye Tongues"), and synthesized sounds (wavetable synthesis and pvocoder).

 

The second work "Velocity Bounce" is an audio/visual short installation featuring Somax and Rave in conjunction with visuals produced by Tölvera, a python library which uses algorithms from A-life (flocking, swarming, growth) to simulate particle behavior. The data from these particles is used to navigate latent spaces in Rave models, which then under certain circumstances will engage with Somax players.