Incidental Effects: 0 — c4 +c5 +c6

Incidental Effects [c4, c5, c6] evolves Giuseppe Torre’s (aka handsandnumbers) previous series of live coding performance that explore the displaced relationship between code and (artistic) self. Gestural affordances provided by computer code are recognized as an unequivocal trace of artistic self and are here further explored with a second performer, Jürgen Simpson. In this new version, the original series’ focus on minimal technology and sonic material is enhanced by interconnecting hybrid analogue/ digital layers in which both code and CV synthesis respond to Torre’s digitally generated outputs. The materiality of the algorithmic output (temporal and timbral) is shaped across multiple artistic selves. Liveness, then, is distributed across systems and performers, involving divergent creative histories and intersecting methodologies.