321t-set was the opening performance of the make art festival, 24 – 29 of Januari 2006, in Poitiers France. Original and never performed before, this improvisation for two violins, one guitar and three laptops tries to put analogue instrumentalisation first, and take a fresh look at ‘laptop performances’. Each player influences the other directly and indirectly by taking eachothers output as input and using this input to control the way the sound is processed. 321t-set is made using Super Collider and Pure Data.

321t-set is a collaboration between:

Jan-Kees van Kampen studied electronic music and composition in Hilversum. His software struggles to facilitate fluid handling of musical notions, which deal with fractal patterns, undanceable rhythms, amorphic scapes, the sine-noise continuum, and their application in other digital disciplines. He also takes part in a Cologne-based network-band called pbup (powerbooks unplugged).

Chun Lee is a musician/composer from Taipei, Taiwan who now lives and works in London. Initially trained as a classical musician, he became increasingly fascinated by the technological and experimental aspect of contemporary music. He now focuses his compositional practice on algorithmic/generative music using software tools such as Max/Msp and Pd.

Marloes de Valk is a Dutch audiovisual artist, and member of digital art collective ‘Goto10’, currently based in the UK. She studied Sound and Image at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, specialising in abstract compositional computer games, HCI and crashing computers. Her work consists of audiovisual performances and installations, investigating machine theater and narratives of digital processes.

This work was made possible with support from The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture