HARVESTWORKS Digital Media Arts Center Presents
The Alternate Controllers Series
Inaugural Concert: Andrea Polli

Harvestworks, a non-profit arts organization that provides opportunities for the public to see and hear innovative artists, presents "Alternate Controllers," a concert series focusing on the modern intersections of art and technology. Central to this series is the exciting way that musicians and composers assimilate various machines into their creative processes. From Bruce Gremo and Jeff Fedderson's compositions for shakuhachi and digital mouthpiece to Andrea Polli's translation of evolving climate data into live sound sculpture, the presenting artists not only expand the boundaries of traditional instrumentation, but also humanize electronics through creative means. This spring series is free and open to the public, and it is generously funded by NYSCA and mediaThe foundation, inc.

"Andrea Polli is a digital pioneer in an art form that is taking performance to a new level–the streaming Webcast."-Karla Loring, Chicago Tribune

Andrea Polli will perform a selection of multi-channel compositions made by directly translating data to sound using Datareader, a custom piece of software she created in collaboration with computer programmer and video artist Kurt Ralske. Datareader was designed to read and output scientific data for use in performance with Max/MSP. The Datareader object and source code is freely available to artists at: Polli will perform works using climate data from the "Heat and the Heartbeat of the City" and "N." projects developed in collaboration with Joe Gilmore, web artist and programmer from the UK.

Monday, March 14th at 7pm
596 Broadway, Suite 602, NY, NY 10012/corner of Broadway and Houston
Subway: Broadway Lafayette (F/V), Bleeker St. (6), Prince St. (N/R)
212-431-1130 (p), 212-431-7693 (f)
www.harvestworks.org
Contact: Carol Parkinson