The September issue of WIRED Italy features a story by Matteo Bittanti on Mixed Reality Performance: An Evening on Sirikata, an  upcoming performance at the MiTo International festival of Music in Milan, Italy, on September 12 and 13.  The event is presented by the Stanford Humanities Lab [SHL] and the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics [CCRMA], Stanford University).  Introduced by Jeffrey T. Schnapp (founder-director, Stanford Humanities Lab), the event will mix real-life performances with virtual worlds, thanks to the work done by the Sirikata team led by Henrik Bennetsen (associate director of the Stanford Humanities Lab) and Chris Platz, the art director.  

Description 

"Mixed Reality Performance is an experiment in which physical spaces and Musicians from different continents encounter one another on-line. Promoted by MITO SettembreMusica in collaboration with the Stanford Humanities Lab and the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, this production is an experiment in on-line interaction among musicians in different locations. While a pianist plays their music is manipulated by other musicians on-line; from across the ocean other acoustic realities are manipulated and appear projected in 3-D on walls. Spectators are immersed in a recreated world of sound in an installation that marks the birth of the performance spaces on Sirikata, the most recent open source platform on the web." (MiTo)

Mixed Reality Performance: An Evening on Sirikata will take place in Milan, Italy on September 12 and 13.  

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