Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg

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Electronic Artwork

• Subliminal History of New York State, Route of Progress Tunebook, 2007-2009
• Subliminal Statements, 2007
• Subliminal History of New York State, 2007
• Under Island Songs and CD, 2005-2007
• Eat Meat Meteorite, 2006
• Subliminal History of New York State, Rosendale Edition, 2006
• Tune our Lips to Sing Quartet, 2006
• Azariah: Whom Jehovah Helps, 2006
• Parsons Cove, 2006
• Rapture/Rupture, 2005
• Lawrence, Shade, 2005
• Sound for Pent-Up and Under Gone, 2005
• Metaradio, 2005
• Crawling through Network Cable, 2005
• Knock-Knock, 2005
• Victory/Concession, 2004
• ChalkTalk (excerpt), 2003
• Artificial Space, 2002-2003
• Air Raid (excerpt), 2003-2004
• Resolution, 2002

About Jesse

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Crawling through Network Cable

Composed by Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg. Musical performance at Rensselaer by Nik Kanter (keyboards), Pauline Oliveros (concertina, harmonica, goat hooves), Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg (laptop). Musical performance at Wesleyan by Dave Kadden (oboe), Angela Opell (clarinet), Anne Rhodes (voice). Live video by Kathy High and Caterina De Re at Rensselaer and Will Swofford at Wesleyan.

A score for structured improvisation for video artists and musicians in two locations, connected by networked computers running videoconferencing software.

Crawling through Network Cable is a framework for group improvisation, exploring the social conditions of live distance collaboration. Musicians and video artists are in two remote locations, connected by networked computers running iChat AV or other videoconferencing software. The performers improvise responding to other performers in their own location and the remote location, paying special attention to the features of improvising with physically remote collaborators.

As source material, performers in Crawling through Network Cable should start with the physical infrastructure that connects the two locations: copper network cable, projectors, computers, routers, firewalls.

View the performance score for Crawling through Network Cable (PDF).