Granular-Synthesis








	MODELL 5


MODELL 5 © Granular-Synthesis PHOTOS VIDEOS		MODELL 5 is a performance or installation in which the face of Japanese performer Akemi Takeya is subject to drastic time-based interventions that create in essence a cyborg-like hybrid, between human and machine. A roller coaster dramaturgy following the "life" of the four clones on screens. Edited on various AVID Suites in England and Austria between 1994-1996 MODELL 5, premiered in a first version 1994 at the ICC London has been described as one of the most beautiful experiments in bringing digital video to a theatrical setting. Using a technique derived from the principals of the sound design technique called "granular synthesis" but applied to the rather fat grains of single video frames (visual content and sound), Granular-Synthesis manages to evoke from a few expressions on the face of the performer Akemi Takeya, a frenzied exploration of the alter ego within touching distance. MODELL 5 by Granular-Synthesis (Kurt Hentschläger & Ulf Langheinrich) Sample session performed by Akemi Takeya Edited on various AVID Suites in England and Austria from 1994-96 Produced by: Mike Stubbs, at HTBA (Hull Time Based Arts) in Hull England. Co-produced by PYRAMEDIA Vienna. Funded and sponsored by: The Curator of the Austrian Minister for Science, Research and the Arts Stella Rollig The Curator of the Austrian Minister for Science, Research and the Arts Markus Brüderlin Archimedia Institute Linz Arts Council of England BMWFK – Austrian Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts BMAA – Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs FISCHER Film Linz-Wien Kulturabteilung Land Niederösterreich Kulturamt Stadt Linz Medienwerkstatt Wien MEDA-Mission for Vision Oberösterreich Kultur WUK - Werkstätten und Kulturhaus Wien WIEN Kultur Yorkshire & Humberside Art Board Special thanks to: Mike Stubbs, Bettina Bartsch-Herzog, Christine Boehler, Birgit Flos, Verena Formanek, Werner Frey, Kurt Hennrich, HILUS, Dirk Langheinrich, Zelko Wiener