SoundLab presents Jan Ove Henning AKA Kabuki
We are delighted to announce a workshop and performance with Jan Ove Henning AKA Kabuki.
Time: 14:00 – 18:00 Saturday 20 July 2024
Location: MMT [Multimedia Theatre M1060, CMC, CityU]
Objective: For the second visit at the SoundLab, Jan planned to further expand his research into spatial
delay lines, inspired by the „Time Lag Accumulator“ introduced by Terry Riley in 1963.
Originally consisting of two connected tape recorders (see illustration below) it was used to create long
delays which could then be further layered through sound-on-sound recording.
Concepts: Jan will adapt this concept into an immersive looper that I call the „Space Lag Accumulator“,
allowing the performer to design processes for spatial animation.
Different aesthetic concepts for spatial delay lines will be investigated, including:
- discrete spatial playback heads
- „time smearing“ single-tap delays
- vector-based delay tap animations
Workshop: The workshop with the students will explore the creation of simple animation processes in Max/MSP, and how they can be connected with the Spat5 suite. Furthermore, the workshop will
include an introduction into the most important Spat5 objects and their functionality. Prior
knowledge of basic Max/MSP objects is helpful, but not required.
A short performance employing all of the above concepts will conclude the workshop.
Jan Ove Hennig aka Kabuki, born in 1973, is a sound artist, music producer and pioneer of the Jungle scene from Frankfurt, Germany. His formal musical education at Dr. Hoch’s Conservatory in Frankfurt (classical guitar department) and the American Institute of Music in Vienna (with a focus on jazz). He completed courses for Sound Synthesis using Reaktor (California Institute of Arts) and Structuring Interactive Software of Digital Arts (Stanford University), released over 200 single tracks and 10 LPs and produced remixes for artists as diverse as Ennis Morricone, Tinashe and the Hot 8 Brass Band. He Performs on the Modular Synthesizer, both at concerts and club events, highly curious about emerging technologies, resulting in jobs as freelance consultant for WACOM, senior localization producer with a focus on software and audio at Nintendo, and product specialist for Native Instruments’ artist team. He is a lecturer at the Abbey Road Institute in Frankfurt for Max/MSP and Sound Synthesis, developed video content for Softube (Modular Sound Explorations) and Korg (Sequencing Strategies) among others, published articles in magazines and books, such as “Patch & Tweak with Korg“ for Bjooks. He also did artist residency at the Dresden Audio Visual Experience Festival in 2020, also exhibited large-format audio installations at national German museums. Currently, he is managing the “Apollo Kithara” operation by Jeff Koons, a Max/MSP-based animatronic exhibit at the Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum.
