«Conduction» This conducting language for improvisation orchestras was initiated by the American composer Butch Morris. In Europe, ‘Conduction’ has been practised by the London Improvisers Orchestra (LIO) for years. The LIO, with its Artistic Director Steve Beresford, comprises prominent co-initiators such as Evan Parker and the London improvisation scene, as well as many international guests. Since 1998, the LIO has met in a monthly residency with concert. ‘Conduction’ has been substantially developed and documented through numerous CD productions. The forty-odd characters are used internationally by various improvising orchestras and are constantly being developed.
«Interaction Notation» (IAN) is an interface and common language for comprovisation, and for musical-scenic, interdisciplinary, and intercultural contexts. This notation encourages interaction between participants and new forms of creation and interpretation. Western notation, graphic notation, as well as symbols for scenic, improvisational and intermedial indications for video, game, light, moving loudspeakers, dance etc. can be implemented within Interaction Notation. Thanks to its flexible time structure, Interaction Notation is suitable for precise performances of complex spatial situations with many participants. The basic features of Interaction Notation can be learned in a short time and can be applied to the most varied degrees of complexity.
«Interaction Notation» (IAN) is based on the musical notation form devised by Larry Ochs of San Francisco. Since 1978, Ochs has been researching musical notation forms for structured improvisation, which in particular promotes the interaction between musicians and allows the free structuring of time. Hug first had the opportunity to work with this purely musical notation when Larry Ochs commissioned her to create a composition. Since 2008, Hug has substantially developed the musical notation for musical-scenic, intermedial and intercultural contexts and now calls it «Interaction Notation» or IAN.
«Son-Icons-Visual Music» is an intermedial method of creating and composition developed by Charlotte Hug. Through the media transfer, the structures and qualities of the music become visually recognisable. The musical structures, drawn using both hands on semi-transparent paper, can be read as a mirrored reflection, inverted, sideways etc. In this sense, they are reminiscent of a visual realisation of compositional techniques as used in the work of Bach and the Second Viennese School. Through digital processing as well as spatial and video scores, musical perspectives are substantially expanded, leading to new and more defined sonic ideas and interaction. Son-Icons can also represent hybrids between visual art and musical notation. The method of creating with Son-Icons is aesthetically unfettered and not bound to any specific musical tradition. The subject is the musical-visual translation process and the new information and stimuli that arise through visualisation. Son-Icons can appear in all kinds of different forms, ranging from “sound sketches” on opaque paper right through to accessible spatial scores, video scores and installations.
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