Information
Johanna Dombois >
»Fidelio, 21. Century«, 2001 - 2004
Co-Workers & Funding:
Florianhttp://www.icad.org/websiteV2.0/Conferences/ICAD2003/paper/25%20Grossmann.pdf
Technology
Hardware
3D-Passiv-Stereo mit Linear-Polarisation. Grafikrechner: Dell PC mit zwei 3.2 Ghz Intel Prozessoren; Betriebssystem: Linux; Grafikkarte: Nvidia FX; Software: AVANGO (Fraunhofer IMK); Projektoren: zwei D-ILA der Fa. JVC, Modell DLA-G150CL;
Auflösung: 1280 x 1024 Pixel (SXGA); Helligkeit: 1000 Ansi Lumen; Leinwand: silberbeschichtete, akustisch transparente (mikroperforierte) Leinwand 3,60 m x 2,87 m
Interface
4 Spezialanfertigungen: für Florestan zwei in sich geschlossene Grummetschlingen
kreuzweise in eine Säule integriert, für Rocco eine große Kugel
auf einem Rollenbett liegend, für Leonore vier Sensoren basierend
auf Theremin-Technologie, für Pizarro ein Joy-Stick
Patent
Interaction device 'Florestometer' (Patent DE 10322590.0-53, 20.5.2003) Sound
Ton: interaktives Klang-Environment (basierend auf VBAP-Technologie) mit Raumsimulation und ortsabhängigen Klangparametern; Soundrechner: Macintosh G4; Software: MAX/MSP; AD/DA-Wandler: Modell ADI-8-PRO; Lautsprecher: 17 Genelec Studiomonitore (1030A) und 1 Genelec Subwoofer (angeordnet als Ring an Wänden um das Publikum)
Descriptions & Essays
Adaptation of the opera "Fidelio" (1814) by Beethoven
"Fidelio, 21st century" [...] is the first classical to be performed interactively in a three-dimensional virtual reality [...]. On one side of the cellar computer equipment whirs, and the 20-minute extract from the prison scene of Act II - the full extent of this "Fidelio" performance so far - is under way. To gain the full 3-D effect, the audience is asked to don special glasses. [...] The music, from the 1978 recording by the Vienna Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, pours out of 18 loudspeakers ranged around the auditorium. [...]
What makes this electronic production unique are the four devices positioned on the floor, each one representing the four characters: Florestan, Rocco, Leonore and Don Pizarro. As each character sings and the on-screen images move, the computer programme lights them up in turn. This is an indication to the audience that they are free to touch them and, depending on the way their hands move over the surface, direct that particular character´s mouvements on screen.
source: Robert Nurden "Into the light", from: journal "Opera Now",
march/april 2005, p. 6-8.
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