v3/G.S.I.L.XXIX is a generative audiovisual collaboration between LIA and the Portuguese experimental music collective @c (Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela, Pedro Almeida). Created for the release of their album v3 (Crónica, 2004), the video functions as a documented excerpt of the artists’ live audiovisual performances, where both image and sound layers are improvised.
The visual system operates as a “visual instrument.” Pre-designed graphic elements – white-blue geometric figures moving vertically across a black screen – are controlled simultaneously by real-time sound analysis and manual manipulation via keyboard and mouse. The result captures a continuous process of construction and dissolution.
The work has been screened at major international festivals including Sonar (Barcelona), Sonic Acts (Amsterdam), and the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
v3/G.S.I.L.XXIX (2004), generative audiovisual work. Curated excerpt.
Selected generative outputs.
The Concept
White-blue graphic elements move vertically in both directions across the black screen. In their out of control border-bursting movements, the geometric figures leave behind visible tracks, which are subsequently covered over by the particles that follow. […] LIA has a unique working method. She programs for her purposes a type of visual instrument that allows for many, diverse uses. Several factors determine each of the final results. […] In this video, it is possible to experience a permanent, pictorial creation and dissolution process. v3/G.S.I.L.XXIX is a fascinating, abstract time picture, an animated digital chronogram.
Text by Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Project Details
Year Created: 2004
Medium: Generative Audiovisual Work / Single-Channel Video
Duration: 9’40”
Format: 720 x 576
Creative Collaboration
Sound: @c (Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela, Pedro Almeida), Vitor Joaquim, Manuel Mota, João Hora.
Album Release: ‘v3’ (Crónica 010)
Selected Screenings
Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain (‘Festival Screening’, June 16 – 18, 2005)
Sonic Acts, Amsterdam, Netherlands (‘Sonic Acts X’, September 25, 2004)
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada (‘Festival Screening’, September 22 – 26, 2004)
Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria (‘Kunstverein Medienturm’, Oct 9 – Nov 7, 2004)
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands (‘HAFF’, November 3 – 7, 2004)
Tricky Women Festival, Vienna, Austria (‘LIA Special’, March 9, 2013)
