The closing Integra 2008 Festival & Conference will be held in Birmingham 5 – 7 June with various events happening over those dates.
If I’ve got it right then Integra seems to consist of a series of Europe-wide art/science collaborations, taking in performances, training, conferences and the presentation of papers with names like ‘Distortions in listening and imitation, Rational programming vs. instinctive programming’ (that one’s from composer Andrea Cera).
In the simplest terms I can find:
Integra is Performance with live electronics. Throughout the project, there are many exciting performances, across Europe, that feature new works commissioned by the project and existing works migrated from obsolete technologies. Integra 2008 Festival and Conference will take place in Birmingham on June 5-7 2008, and will bring together all the ensembles of the project for three days of new music and transferred repertoire.
Further info on the Integra Festival 2008 site.
To be honest the scope of this baffles me slightly but it looks fascinating. The local hook-up comes via BCU (hosting/contributing) and Capsule (producing a couple of events).
A little more info on the Capsule event for Integra:
Capsule present in collaboration with Integra:
The Bays with John Metcalfe and live ensemble.
The Bays incorporate a classical ensemble into their improvisd electronic performance, using a unique system of real-time music scoring devised by The Bays and projected for the audience to see as well as hear.
This has only been performed once before in Liverpool –
BIT20 Ensemble
Live electronics: Chris McClelland, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast
A musician-led ensemble from Bergen Norway will premier a new mixed-media work by Michele Tadini, commissioned specially for the festival, plus works by Schaathun and Hellstenius.
http://www.bit20ensemble.no/
Friday, 6th June
@ Space 2 . The Custard Factory
(seated event)
Tickets from: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
Swordfish Jibbering Records Polar Bear
Here is a film with The Bays performing in Liverpool, talking about the process of composing in real time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY54PDPEvvc&eurl=
Oh and on the local flavour 3form did the identity and website… it’s been running for around three years and this is the culmination of a lot of work so it’s bound to be fascinating.