I C::ntr::l Nature v3@ WRO2011 Media Art Biennale, Alternative Now :: May 13, 2011 at 19:00 hrs :: The Grotowsky Institute, Wroclaw, Poland :: Audiovisual concert I C::ntr::l Nature v.3.0 for augmented bass guitar and butterfly by Marco Donnarumma (UK).

I C::ntr::l Nature v. 3 excerpts – Audiovisual concert for augmented electric bass guitar, self-designed software and butterfly from Marco Donnarumma aka TheSAD on Vimeo.

A gigantic, stringy life form struggles to take life, the convulsions slowly transform its shape in a brand-new body, at last a caterpillar is revealed. From now on its whole life cycle is semantically deconstructed. While the new born butterfly feed itself, its microscopic, meaningless world becomes an immersive and surreal ambient. Where minimal and organic sounds mutate in fearful drones its last beat of wings will finally defeat the fire of Nature.

I C::ntr::l Nature (Marco Donnarumma) is an unambiguous, synesthetic action of audiovisual improvisation. The live act represents the sarcastic celebration of the human instinct finally able to govern the nature. The improvised body gestures of the performer sculpt in real-time the soundscape and the moving images. The living creature on the screen reacts to the movements of the performer on stage in a mutual agreement and attraction.

Work info: http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/i-cntrl-nature/
Author info: http://marcodonnarumma.com

The WRO Biennal is the leading international forum for new media art in Poland and Central Europe.

Other artists performing at WRO2011: Stelarc, Istvan Kantor, Incite, Noriko Yamaguchi, Cécile Babiole.
http://wro2011.wrocenter.pl/site/en