Icebergs are born through a cataclysmic collision of two states of the same matter between ice and sea. Inspired by the tumultuous plunge of unstable glacial fragments into the ocean below, the Icelandic term Bylta means “a heavy blow, overturn, roll, or tumble about”.
Bylta is a performance fueled by the purpose to reveal and celebrate the unstable endpoints of creativity that fuels both musical and visual art. Visual artist Alli Hoag and performance and sound artist Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir collaborated with students and alumni from Bowling Green State University to answer the questions of “How can a musical performance create a physical residue?” “In what ways can we make glass and music collide?”
To facilitate this exercise in synesthesia, Bylta utilizes the semiconductive properties of glass to “play” a composition through the use of the electronic interactive platform of the Makey Makey. Accompanied by real time looping of sounds collected from the natural forming and cracking of the glass during the performance, both physical and musical compositions express the energy released when these creative processes converge.
Bylta physically interconnected these creative practices also through teaming up with the Calmus project. In the new iPad application program CalmusGlass, real time musical notation is created from video input, in this case of the brightness and movement of molten glass.
The premiere of Bylta took place at Corning Museum of Glass, NY on December 17th 2015 in the 2300° series.
Participants in Bylta, NY: Alli Hoag, Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir, Adam L. Sanzenbacher, Kristine Rumman, Joel O'Dorisio, Davis Hartman, Lauren Rusch, Emily Cale, Jackie Polofka, Jason Bauck, Brianna Barron.
All photos © Mark Yappueying and Corning Museum of Glass
Bylta clip on YouTube
Bylta at Corning Museum of Glass - interview on YouTube
Bylta is a performance fueled by the purpose to reveal and celebrate the unstable endpoints of creativity that fuels both musical and visual art. Visual artist Alli Hoag and performance and sound artist Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir collaborated with students and alumni from Bowling Green State University to answer the questions of “How can a musical performance create a physical residue?” “In what ways can we make glass and music collide?”
To facilitate this exercise in synesthesia, Bylta utilizes the semiconductive properties of glass to “play” a composition through the use of the electronic interactive platform of the Makey Makey. Accompanied by real time looping of sounds collected from the natural forming and cracking of the glass during the performance, both physical and musical compositions express the energy released when these creative processes converge.
Bylta physically interconnected these creative practices also through teaming up with the Calmus project. In the new iPad application program CalmusGlass, real time musical notation is created from video input, in this case of the brightness and movement of molten glass.
The premiere of Bylta took place at Corning Museum of Glass, NY on December 17th 2015 in the 2300° series.
Participants in Bylta, NY: Alli Hoag, Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir, Adam L. Sanzenbacher, Kristine Rumman, Joel O'Dorisio, Davis Hartman, Lauren Rusch, Emily Cale, Jackie Polofka, Jason Bauck, Brianna Barron.
All photos © Mark Yappueying and Corning Museum of Glass
Bylta clip on YouTube
Bylta at Corning Museum of Glass - interview on YouTube