I was honored to be invited as the guest visual artist for Modulations 2014, CCRMA’s (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University) end-of-year show.

CCRMA Modulations is an annual one-night event in San Francisco that showcases the intersection of electronic music and technology. The goal of Modulations is to provide a space for the CCRMA community to express the creative potential of the sound and music technologies we research and develop, explore the boundaries between academic and popular electronic music, and engage with the broader artistic community.

For this performance, I created four real-time, audio-reactive generative systems and performed live alongside CCRMA’s talented electronic music and sound artists. The visuals were developed within Rezanator, a custom research and development environment I built using openFrameworks, featuring ofxUI and ofxTimeline for interface control and sequencing.

You can view the full performance (above), real-time captures (below), and photos of the show by Ge Wang at the bottom of the post.

Visual Designer & Developer: Reza Ali
Output: Visual Performance & Custom Software (C++, openFrameworks)
Sound Artists: Dotter, Kurt James Werner, Merkbar, Locky Casey & Jennifer Hsu, Constantin Basica, Luke Dahl & Colin Sullivan, Arswain, Perihelion, Bruno Ruviaro & Juan-Pablo Caceres, Alex Chechile, Hana Shin
Photographer: Ge Wang
Poster Design: Gina Collecchia
Show Director: Carr Wilkerson
Venue: Knoll Courtyard, Stanford University
Year: 2014