G.S.I.L.XII/+ is a generative audiovisual collaboration between LIA and the Portuguese experimental music collective @c (Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela and Pedro Almeida). Created for the release of their album + (Variz, 2002), the work synchronizes geometric patterns with specific phases of the musical composition.
The visual focus is a recurring star-shaped element that corresponds to the smallest sound unit. These forms are layered with colored ring-shaped figures and cross-hatching textures that react directly to electronic feedback and overtones within the track. The density of the geometric texture is determined by the intensity of the musical input.
The work is distributed by Sixpackfilm and has been screened at Sonic Acts, EMAF, and Wien Modern. In 2025, it was selected for the exhibition ‘History Encoded’ at Kanvas Gallery in Dubai, where it was presented as an immersive multi-channel installation.
G.S.I.L.XII/+ (2002), generative audiovisual work. Curated excerpt.
Exhibition at Kanvas Gallery, Dubai (2025)
Installation views of the immersive presentation at ‘History Encoded’.
Selected generative outputs.
The Concept
This white trident […] resembles the stylized fighter jets in early computer games, dynamically shaped guitars played by hard-rock bands, and also biological spores or biomorphic weapons. […] To the rhythm of @c’s music, the star-shaped cascades are joined by a number of colored ring-shaped figures which begin to ”virally” infect the abstract geometric tableau from the edges of the picture. […] Finally, dividing lines and thread-like patterns begin to enter the picture – a sign that a tabula rasa must be created where a new, fully synthetic world is supposed to evolve.
Text by Christian Höller (Sixpackfilm)
Project Details
Year Created: 2002
Medium: Generative Audiovisual Work / Single-Channel Video
Duration: 3’24”
Format: 720 x 576
Creative Collaboration
Sound: @c (Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela and Pedro Almeida)
Album Release: ‘+’ (Variz)
Selected Exhibitions & Screenings
Kanvas Gallery, Dubai, UAE (‘History Encoded: From Algorithmic Origins to Immersive Futures’, June 22 – August 22, 2025)
Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil (‘Festival Screening’, December 1, 2003)
Sonic Acts, Amsterdam, Netherlands (‘Sonic Acts X’, September 25, 2004)
EMAF – European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (‘Festival Screening’, April 23 – 27, 2003)
Wien Modern, Vienna, Austria (‘Wiener Konzerthaus’, November 27, 2002)
Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria (‘Kunstverein Medienturm’, Oct 9 – Nov 7, 2004)
Diagonale, Graz, Austria (‘Festival of Austrian Film’, March 18 – 24, 2002)
