Flood Mission
The Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting the arts in Asheville through the exhibition of established and emerging artists from all over the world. Through artist-residency programs, public events and workshops, and educational activities, Flood Gallery seeks to make art a vital and important part of life in Asheville.
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center programming is made possible through the generous support of the Dan Lucas Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.
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Sonic Experience
Saturday January 23, 2010
The first in a year long series funded by the
Dan Lucas Memorial Fund
Gamelatron
The Gamelatron is the world's first and only fully robotic gamelan orchestra presented by The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) and the composer Zemi17: A. Taylor Kuffner.
Modeled after traditional Balinese and Javanese gamelan orchestras, the Gamelatron is an amalgamation of traditional instruments with a suite of percussive sound makers. MIDI sequences control 117 robotic striking mechanisms that produce intricately woven and rhythmic sound.
http://gamelatron.com
Classic gamelan music in Indonesia is typically played in temples as a crucial element of a variety of ceremonies. In the Legend of the Gamelatron we are told that long after humans have evolved out of their bodies and left earth, that future being created a robot gamelan to ring the cardinal directions of the universe in honor of their human ancestors. The site of the Gamelatron became a pilgrimage place for beings to reflect upon their path and ascension.
On January 23rd from 1pm - 5pm the Gamelatron will create a temporary temple space for reflection and mediation at The FLOOD Gallery with compositions pre-composed by Zemi17: A Taylor Kuffner.
Following the installation at 6PM there will be a short reception featuring an improvisational concert on the Gamelatron by Zemi17.
Past Sonic Experience