Randy Jones

[2001-2005]

Nine is what I called the system that I made to start doing live audiovisual performances. My "toilet-seat" iBook had one of the first graphics cards that actually made OpenGL run significantly faster than software. I realized that I could do both synthesized sound and realtime graphics on it, within reason. I sketched out a plan for the audio-visual synth I wanted to make, then looked at a few options for implementing it and chose the Max/MSP environment. The resulting externals were pretty cool and led to my working on the OpenGL implementation for Jitter, then in development.

The Tactex MTC Express was my controller for the system. A true multi-touch force-sensing surface, the MTC had really amazing potential for live performance. It's unfortunately not made anymore, and the existing ones are aging, but I'm working on options.

Mostly my focus was on playing live. Not very much got documented. One video I recorded, "lunarlanderlegs," made it into a screening at Sonar 2002.

Shows

2005
NIME Conference, Vancouver

2004
New Forms Festival, Vancouver
Dorkbot, Seattle
Holocene, Portland (with Sutekh)

2003
The Rendezvous, Seattle (with Brent Arnold)
Polestar, Seattle (with inBOIL)
The Rendezvous, Seattle (with Greg Davis, e*rock)
The Sugar Refinery, Vancouver(with Loscil, Strategy)
The Blinding Light, Vancouver (w/ Loscil)
Visual Music Festival, Seattle (w/ Loscil)

2002
Technicolor 001, Berlin (with Monolake, Jeremy Bernstein, Alexej Paryla)
Media-space, Stuttgart 120seconds.com Digital Film Festival, Vancouver(with Ben Nevile) The Blackbird, Portland (with Solenoid)

2001
SIL2K at i-Spy, seattle (with Kim Cascone)
Transmissions Festival, Chicago
Phoenix Festival, Klickitat
The Video In, Vancouver (with Cid+Eric, Ben Nevile, Loscil, Kim Cascone)
Visual Music Festival, Seattle
Speakeasy Cafe, Seattle