Tangible Music Club #16: Patrizia Ruthensteiner + Ben Wesch & Ariathney Coyne

DORFTV streamt die Konzerte am 11.18. um 19:00 live aus dem Saal der Stadtwerkstatt Linz.

Der TANGIBLE MUSIC CLUB möchte mit einer Veranstaltungs- und Performancereihe den Aufbau eines Netzwerkes für Interaktive Elektronische Musik in Linz betreiben, sowie den Trend zu selbstgebauten elektronischen Musikinstrumenten und Interfaces in den zeitgenössischen Musik- und Clubszenen thematisieren.

Mit der Expertise der Kunstuniversität, der eingeladenen Artists und der STWST sollen Projekte und Artists vorgestellt sowie gemeinsam neue Präsentationsformate für neuartige Musikinstrumente vorangetrieben werden.

Patrizia Ruthensteiner is a composer, performer and instrument inventor based in Vienna (AT). Her practice explores hybrid formats that structurally interlink sound, choreography and sculptural instruments, investigating alternative relationships between nature, technology and cultural systems.Through invented media she traverses unfamiliar sonic landscapes.
She will present an excerpt from her latest project cycle Arcus Aëris — solo music for overtone resonators. The project explores harmonic and inharmonic overtone structures through a series of invented hybrid resonator instruments. Each instrument combines a three-string chordal system with a vibrating disk, generating complex post-pulse oscillations and fleeting sonic formations between order and chance. Dynamic motion allows for choreographed sequences and spatial sound, while overtone modulation, slide techniques and bowing create a range of timbral possibilities. 
She has worked with ensembles, dance companies and collectives such as The Black Page Orchestra, Liquid Loft and Instrument Inventors Initiative. Alongside her solo practice, she has developed long-term collaborations, including the duo Magnetoceptia with Dewi de Vree (NLD). She received the BMWKMS START Scholarship for Media Art, as well as the Composition Scholarship, and won the competition ‘Manifestation of Profane and Secular Power’ by the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
Her projects have been presented internationally at festivals and institutions, including Musikverein Wien (AT), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (AT), Impulstanz Festival (AT), Künstlerhaus Wien (AT), Wuzhen Festival (CN), Gaudeamus Festival (NLD), Festival Novas Frequências (BRA), Mekudeshet (ISR), Casa da Música (PRT), WORM (NLD), Simultan Festival (RO), NEXT Festival (SVK), Fonoteca Nacional (MEX), Goldsmiths, University of London (UK), Smallforms (AT), Äquidistanz Festival / MOOZAK (AT), Unsafe+Sounds Festival (AT), Club Radiokoje / czirp czirp (AT) and Klangmanifeste (AT).
Arcus Aëris is developed in collaboration with Elektramusic Berlin – Paul Clovel. Supported by Tangible Music Lab, University of Art and Design Linz and BMWKMS.Special thanks to Stefan Voglsinger and Amann Studios for their technical advice.

http://www.patriziaruthensteiner.com/
https://magnetoceptia.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patrizia_ruthensteiner/

Magnetoceptia — Simultan Festival, Photo by Peter Cojocaru

Ben Wesch (born 1982 in Heidelberg, Germany) studied Graphic Design at HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd with a focus on interaction and generative design. Based in Munich since 2011, he works part-time in IT product and project management to support his practice in music and the arts. He is currently completing a Master’s in Postdigital Lutherie at Tamlab, Linz (University of Arts Linz / Anton Bruckner Private University), where he explores spatial synthesis, shader-based visuals, and self-built sound modules. In 2018 he transitioned from Gypsy jazz guitar to the oud and digital composition. A contributor to the Pure Data ecosystem, he develops externals and abstractions primarily for spatial synthesis. His work spans installations and performances that combine traditional musicianship with exploratory synthesis and spatial audio systems, including the design and construction of Hololoom (a visual installation infrastructure for low-budget 3D projections) and DodekaOTTO (a dodecahedral structure for 20 OTTOsonics speakers). Selected presentations include Ars Electronica, Linz (spatial/ambisonic compositions); Sonic Lab, Anton Bruckner University, Linz (live spatialization); Stadtwerkstatt, Linz (electronics); Initiative Raumschiff, Linz (oud and electronics); Klangfestival, Gallneukirchen (robotic percussion and spatial synthesis); bb15, Linz (textile speakers with generative breathing sounds); Vekks, Vienna (duo electronics); Import/Export, Munich (duo electronics); lab.30, Augsburg (installation and performance); Salzamt, Linz (performance); and WOW Signal Festival, Vienna (sound installation).
At the Tangible Music Club, Ben Wesch’s performance is a collaboration with dancer Ariathney Coyne, in which physical movement is translated directly into sound. Four wearable sensors on her hands and feet capture her gestures via a specialized Pure Data external. The technical foundation of the work is the “trajekt” toolkit for spatial synthesis and sound modulation, built from the ground up in Pure Data as part of Ben’s master’s research at the Tangible Music Lab.