Ludo Ludamus
About This Piece
This piece uses video of sped up game play from the game 'Ludo' as a 'score' for four players.
In the video (a bird's eye view of the board game only) hands appear in shot when players move their pieces. When there is a positive outcome for that player they use a gloved hand to move their pieces, these gloves are colour co-ordinated with their pieces. The video then is punctuated with appearances of colour and this is what structures the game play for the performers.
Each performer is assigned a colour and should respond to the appearance of their colour on screen by pressing their pedal and performing one of their key gestures from the notation.
Pressing the pedal alters the live sound in a variety of ways that tie the live string sound into the tape part. Sometimes these are solo lines, other time duets and trios and tuttis are formed from co-ordinated on-screen events.
The prevailing soundworld is tape plus rolling, choral-like, quartet movement. Combined with the video the effect is a hypnotic, immersive experience punctuated with outbursts of melodic lines creating dynamic movement and interplay between the live sound and the prevailing tape.
Players earn points when they respond quickly to their colour appearing on-screen. The overall score and each player's tally is displayed on screen. The aim for the quartet is to get the highest collective score possible... [ I'm sure the Ligeti's will want to set the highest score! ]
This piece was originally for four players of electronic hardware and this is a new arrangement. The submitted files represent a demonstration version that is playable by one person at a computer.
This piece uses video of sped up game play from the game 'Ludo' as a 'score' for four players.
In the video (a bird's eye view of the board game only) hands appear in shot when players move their pieces. When there is a positive outcome for that player they use a gloved hand to move their pieces, these gloves are colour co-ordinated with their pieces. The video then is punctuated with appearances of colour and this is what structures the game play for the performers.
Each performer is assigned a colour and should respond to the appearance of their colour on screen by pressing their pedal and performing one of their key gestures from the notation.
Pressing the pedal alters the live sound in a variety of ways that tie the live string sound into the tape part. Sometimes these are solo lines, other time duets and trios and tuttis are formed from co-ordinated on-screen events.
The prevailing soundworld is tape plus rolling, choral-like, quartet movement. Combined with the video the effect is a hypnotic, immersive experience punctuated with outbursts of melodic lines creating dynamic movement and interplay between the live sound and the prevailing tape.
Players earn points when they respond quickly to their colour appearing on-screen. The overall score and each player's tally is displayed on screen. The aim for the quartet is to get the highest collective score possible... [ I'm sure the Ligeti's will want to set the highest score! ]
This piece was originally for four players of electronic hardware and this is a new arrangement. The submitted files represent a demonstration version that is playable by one person at a computer.