QUARA(N)TTUNE, by Doug Van Nort
Doug Van Nort’s work integrates electroacoustic music and collective improvisation with machine agents, immersive sound, embodied listening and networked performance practices. Recent projects range from composition for his Electro-Acoustic Orchestra, soundscape piece for ancient Chinese bells (Smithsonian), a large-scale interactive ballet piece (National Ballet School of Canada), and an evolving, solar-powered environmental sound installation (Fieldwork). Van Nort is founder of the Dispersion Lab and is currently Canada Research Chair in Digital Performance at York University in Toronto.