JOYSTICKS — INDEX

Kids ensemble, 2 percussion, video and live electronics

Joysticks exposes compulsive video gamers as passive users of an isolating-alienating technology. In collaboration with professional musicians, the kids play with their voice, with founded objects and percussion instruments to transform their expressions in real time using the joysticks as interface, as a musical instrument.

Joysticks require a casting session and 4 workshops: "Body expression", "Music improvisation" and "music and technology".

The piece is divided in three sections:

— Video Game (The kids make the music for a video game, old-silent-movie style)

— Real game (The kids act a game and make the music for it)

— Free improvisation (The kids make just music with joysticks)

Premiere was cancelled due to the influenza outbrake in Mexico, but I am promoting it in Europe.

Carlos Sandoval, concept, conductor, workshops and percussion.

Oori Shalev, Programing, joysticks hacking, workshops and Percussion

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