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Woulg is a musician, sound designer, programmer, educator, and new media artist.

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Ring Buffer explores data-bending by modelling sound in 3D. Sounds are sculpted in 3D modelling software using procedural algorithms and then converted to sound using image to audio mapping, and are displayed using a spectrograph and various other visualizations. By using gestural rhythmic structures with a heavy emphasis on texture and dynamics, the performance takes the audience through an imagined geography, exploring multiple perspectives of alien shapes and soundscapes.

last time

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The "Last Time" AV performance uses software developed by Woulg to change the interaction between the performer and the laptop, allowing for intricate mappings and expressive control by converting the keyboard and trackpad into multi-use control interfaces, along with a tilt controller that allows for the audio and visuals to be controlled by moving the laptop in 3D space. Visually harkening back to early net-art techniques by conjuring top-40 video colors, movement, and textures mutated into alien organic shapes that pulse to the music while 8 precision LED lights dance in unison. The performance also includes choreographed movements by a small team of undercover actors in order to create a sense of spectacle by utilizing lighting from their phones to move the performance out of the stage and into the entire space.

interpolate

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INTERPOLATE AV, a collaboration between Woulg and Push 1 stop, explores the idea of audio and visuals joined as one through the performers and their networked computers, to create a live generative conversation between the two mediums, and blur the roles of musician and visual artist, creating a sort of improvisational game engine that both performers interact with simultaneously.

ring buffer

Ring Buffer explores data-bending by modelling sound in 3D. Sounds are sculpted in 3D modelling software using procedural algorithms and then converted to sound using image to audio mapping, and are displayed using a spectrograph and various other visualizations. By using gestural rhythmic structures with a heavy emphasis on texture and dynamics, the performance takes the audience through an imagined geography, exploring multiple perspectives of alien shapes and soundscapes.

Selected Performances:
microMutek (Bogota, Colombia)
Outlier Recordings 5th Anniversary (New York, USA)
Alberta College of Art and Design (Calgary, Canada),
International Symposium of Electronic Art ISEA2015 (Vancouver, Canada),
Godsbanen (Aarhus, Denmark),
Mapping Festival (Geneva, Switzerland),
Acephale (Frankfurt, Germany),
8 Bitow (Poznan, Poland),
British Film Institute as part of Digital Quebec by MUTEK/ELEKTRA (London, England),
Berklee Masters Campus (Valencia, Spain),
MUTEK.ES (Barcelona, Spain),
Mutek Nuit Blanche (Montreal, Canada),
Mutek 2015 (Montreal, Canada),
TivoliVrendenburg (Utrecht, Netherlands),
Faites Votre Jeu (Frankfurt, Germany),
Babycastles (New York, USA)

last time

last-time-image

The "Last Time" AV performance uses software developed by Woulg to change the interaction between the performer and the laptop, allowing for intricate mappings and expressive control by converting the keyboard and trackpad into multi-use control interfaces, along with a tilt controller that allows for the audio and visuals to be controlled by moving the laptop in 3D space. Visually harkening back to early net-art techniques by conjuring top-40 video colors, movement, and textures mutated into alien organic shapes that pulse to the music while 8 precision LED lights dance in unison. The performance also includes choreographed movements by a small team of undercover actors in order to create a sense of spectacle by utilizing lighting from their phones to move the performance out of the stage and into the entire space.

Selected Performances
Monument Nationale - Mutek Montreal (Montreal, Canada)
Theater Fairmount (Montreal, Canada)
Calm Class - The Zoo (Geneva, Switzerland)
Chaos Club (Frankfurt, Germany)
Methlab Label Night - Mixtape (Sofia, Bulgaria)

interpolate

INTERPOLATE AV, a collaboration between Woulg and Push 1 stop, explores the idea of audio and visuals joined as one through the performers and their networked computers, to create a live generative conversation between the two mediums, and blur the roles of musician and visual artist, creating a sort of improvisational game engine that both performers interact with simultaneously.

Selected Performances:
Gray Area Theater - Mutek SF (San Francisco, USA)
Transart Festival (Bolzano, Italy) br Festival Constellation (Metz, France)
Today’s Art (Den Haag, Holland)
Scopitone (Nantes, France)
Echo A Venir (Bordeaux, France)
Grosse Zeiss Planetarium (Berlin, Germany)
Gaite Lyrique - Nuit Blanche (Paris, France)
World Trade Center Dubai - Mutek.AE (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Societe des Arts Technologique - Projection Dome Stage (Montreal, Canada)
Eloi - Chromatic Opening Party (Montreal, Canada)
Societe des Arts Technologique - Mutek Montreal - Projection Dome Stage (Montreal, Canada)
Miraikan - Mutek Japan - Projection Dome (Tokyo, Japan)
Kyoto University of Art and Design (Kyoto, Japan)
Sonicu Music Venue (Wuhan, China)
Dada Club (Beijing, China)
Fabrica - Mutek Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
Societe des Arts Technologique - IX Symposium - Projection Dome Stage (Montreal, Canada)
Societe des Arts Technologique - Projection Dome Stage (Montreal, Canada)

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Woulg has taught sound design workshops at Berklee’s Masters Campus in Valencia, ITP Camp at New York University, Concordia University and Alberta College of Art and Design. His teaching method is lively and interactive, and aims to guide students to achieve their goals.

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