Morten Qvenild: The HyPer(sonal) piano project

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satellite projects and recordings


 

These projects have played a more peripheral role in the project development. I have used the instrument in these settings and this has contributed to the project’s body of knowledge, but they have not been examined or used fully in the public or individual reflection process.

concerts


  • In the Country in different constellations: 45 concerts in Norway, Germany, Austria, Korea and Japan.
  • sPacemoNkey: 14 concerts in Norway, Germany and Austria.
  • 15 solo concerts in Norway with the Personal Piano material.
  • 10 concerts with Per Jørgensen and friends (Terje Isungset, Sigbjørn Apeland and Morten Skage).
  • 2 concerts with More & More & More & The Instant Gratification, Ole Morten Vaagan, Sofia Jernberg, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Eivind Lønning, Espen Reinertsen.
  • 19 February 2013, concert at Copenhagen Improv with Torben Snekkestad and Per Zanussi.
  • 1 November 2013: Arve Henriksen and Sigbjørn Apeland, Stadshuset, Stockholm.
  • 30 October 2014, duo concert with Al Khowarizmis Mekaniske Orkester at the NMH.
  • 5 March 2015, duo concert with Thomas Strønen at the Serendip Festival, NMH, Oslo
  • 2 April 2016, duo with Sigbjørn Apeland at Orgelkraft Festival Stavanger.
  • jöK & seasicK, 12 LAB concerts (2013–2015) at the NMH in collaboration with research fellow Ivar Grydeland.


A selection of concerts and presentations are presented in a vimeo album accessed through
www.mortyq.com/documentation

 





key reads


  • Katherine Hayles. How We Became Posthuman. The University of Chicago Press, 1999.
  • Hans Børli. Tankestreif. Aschehoug, 2001. 
  • Hans Børli. Med Øks Og Lyre. Aschehoug, 1988. 
  • Gillian H. Siddall and Ellen Waterman, eds. Negotiated Moments. Duke University Press, 2016.
  • Lasse Thoresen and Andreas Hedman. ‘Spectromorphological Analysis of Sound Objects’. Norwegian Academy of Music, 2001/2004. http://www.ems-network.org/IMG/EMS06-LThoresen.pdf
  • Roland Barthes. A lover´s discourse: Fragments. Hill & Wang, 2010.
  • Haruki Murakami and Philip Gabriel. Kafka On The Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
  • Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner, eds. Audio Culture. Continuum, 2004.
  • Andy Clark, ‘Natural born cyborgs’. http://www.edge.org/conversation/natural-born-cyborgs.
  • Jan Svenungsson, An Artist’s Text Book. The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, 2007.
  • John Zorn, ed. Arcana II. Hips Road, 2007.
  • Øyvind Rimbereid. Orgelsjøen. Gyldendal, 2013.
  • David Foster Wallace. A Supposedly Fun Thing I´ll Never Do Again, Back Bay Books, 1997.
  • Stig Sæterbakken. Der jeg tenker er det alltid mørkt. Flamme Forlag, 2012.
  • Igor Stravinsky. Poetics Of Music In The Form Of Six Lessons. Harvard University Press, 1970.
  • Morton Feldman and B.H.  Friedman. Give My Regards To Eighth Street. Exact Change, 2000. 
  • Henk Borgdorff. The Conflict Of The Faculties. Leiden University Press, 2012. 
  • David Shields and Caleb Powell. I Think You’re Totally Wrong. Knopf Publishing Group, 2015.
  • Neil Young. Waging Heavy Peace. Blue Rider Press, 2012. 
  • Barbara Bolt. Heidegger Reframed. London: I. B. Tauris, 2010. 
  • Merete Morken Andersen. Skriveboka. Aschehoug Forlag, 2008. 
  • Anders Johansen. Skriv. Spartacus, 2009.
  • Mitchell Whitelaw. Metacreation. MIT Press, 2004. 
  • Ableton Live manual and tutorials
  • MaxMsp manual and tutorials
  • Teenage Engineering OP-1 manual
  • Teenage Engineering Op-Lab Manual
  • Arduino manual
  • Hadron manual
  • Oto Machine Biscuit manual 
  • Red Panda Particle manual
  • Touch Keys manual and installation guide
  • Helpinstill manual
  • Yamahiko manual
  • TC Helicon manual
  • Bome Midi Translator manual

 





key artists and artistic research projects


  • Harry Partch
  • Tod Machover – Hyperpiano
  • The Yo-Yo Ma / MIT – Hypercello
  • Amanda Stegell – The Emotion Organ
  • Matthew Burtner – The Metasaxophone Project
  • Victoria Johnson – Electric Violin In Digital Space
  • Hilde Marie Holsen´s trumpet and electronics works
  • Andrew McPherson – TouchKeys and The Magnetic Resonator Piano
  • Palle Dahlstedt – The Augmented Hybrid Piano
  • Maja Ratkje´s work with voice and electronics
  • Håkon Thelin – A New World Of Sounds – recent advancements in contemporary double bass techniques
  • Stefan Östersjö- SHUT UP’N’PLAY!
  • Ivar Grydeland – Ensemble & Ensemble of Me, What I think about when I think about improvisation
  • Torben Snekkestad – The Poetics of a Multiphonic Landscape
  • Annie Dorsen´s Algorithmic Theatre Projects
  • Sten Sandell – På Insidan Av Tystnaden
  • Ellen Ugelvik – The Soloist in Contemporary Piano Concerti
  • Christian Blom – Organized Time, Strategies for Transmedial Composition
  • Ingfrid Breie Nyhus – A Play with Traditions
  • Darla Crispin´s presentations at the symposium ‘Unfolding the Process’ at NMH, Oslo.
  • Daniel Buer Formo – Orchestra of Speech
  • Øyvind Brandtsegg´s rich portifolio of music, sound installations, art, artistic research and technological developments
  • George Lewis – the Voyager Interactive Computer System.
  • Ståle Storløkken, Helge Sten and John Paul Jones´ Kyma works

 





thank you

 

  • Rønnaug, Hilma and Lilli for love, everyday life and perspective.
  • Mom and dad, Andreas and Kristian for always being there. 
  • Main supervisor Henrik Hellstenius and second supervisors Øyvind Brandtsegg and Eivind Buene, for your enourmous expertise and the ability to meet me in discussions and through guidance. 
  • Research fellow Ivar Grydeland for the many interesting discussions. 
  • A special thanks to Christian Blom for programming help, all the good discussions and for lending me your workshop.
  • Birgitte O. Pollen, for your spotless coordination work, your knowledge of literature, your bright perspectives on artistic research and all the great discussions.
  • Peter Tornquist, Morten Halle, Frank Havrøy and the NMH staff for your support and input.
  • Ingar Hunskaar, Daniel Wold, Stig Gunnar Ringen, Asle Karstad, Ståle Fossheim and Erik Reyes Stakkeland for great live sound production, musicality and technical skills.
  • Colin Roth, Rønnaug Dahlviken, Jørgen Træen, André Løyning, Jørn Stenersen, Tor Sørnes, Lars Kurverud, Kjetil Myklebust, Elisabeth Wigaard, Johan Haarberg, Roger Arntzen, Pål Hausken, Solveig Slettahjell, Hilde Marie Holsen, Knut Reiersrud, Gard Nilssen, Anders, Per-Johan, Simon and Sven Håkon at Drap&Design, Darla Crispin, Anders Eggen, Mari Hulbækdal, Andreas Meland, Bernt Isak Wærstad, Are Terjesson, Jonas Howden Sjøvaag and Thomas Dybdahl for your invaluable contributions.

In the country with Frida Ånnevik, Skogenes sang. 

My compositions on poems by Hans Børli (1918–1989). With my trio In the Country and singer/songwriter Frida Ånnevik. The recording was done before the project started, but the music has developed when playing live, including modules from the HyPer(sonal) Pianosystem.

 













Thomas Dybdahl / In the Country, O.

An EP recorded live in my studio April 2014, using the HyPer(sonal) Piano for initial recording, reamping and overdubs. The music has developed further through a few radio and TV-performances and some concerts. 

 

 














Nils Petter Molvær, Switch.

Overdubs using HyPer(sonal) Piano and synthesizers spring 2014. 2 concerts.

 

 












Solveig Slettahjell / Knut Reiersrud with In the Country, Trail of Souls.

Recorded at Rainbow Studios April 2015, using the HyPer(sonal) Piano. 26 concerts during the project period.

 

 

 

 











Solveig Slettahjell / Knut Reiersrud / Bugge Wesseltoft with In the Country, Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic II.

 Recorded live 11 March 2014 in the Berlin Philharmonic chamber hall, using the HyPer(sonal) Piano.

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