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OVAL SKOTO DESK UPDATE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION



>Subject: OVAL SKOTO DESK UPDATE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION

>Thrill Jockey is pleased to announce the US debut of Oval Skotodesk
>interactive sound instillation.
>
>September 15th- 30th  as part of Chicago's World Music Festival and
>Presented by the Chicago Cultural Center-
>
>October14th-28th            Low Gallery in Los Angeles
>
>November 1/7th      San Francisco Amoeba on  Haight
>
>December 1st- Jan 7th      Alleged Gallery in New York
>
>ovalprocess
>ovalprocess equally represents an innovative music software application -
>exclusively designed for the MacOS (running on a Apple PowerMac G3 and
>above) even though Windows95/98 & Java versions are considered - as
>much as it serves as the core engine to an innovative oval sound
>installation centered around one or several publicly accessible sound
>terminals running the ovalprocess application; rendering the exhibit a
>customizable, collaborative
>audio workspace.
>
>process software.
>In short, ovalprocess is an interactive authoring environment for personal
>contemporary desktop audio with an accessible, direct manipulative, fully
>iconic, object-oriented, real-time user interface.process software UI, help
>screen overlays. The application focuses less on the usual sampling- /
>mixing- and editing-functionality of generic productivity software, but
>serves as an interactive authoring tool along the lines of the oval
>approach to sound and structure in general. ovalprocess is effectively
>enabling the user/audience to configure, layout and perform customized
>recordings oval-style by radically restructuring the provided audio content
>on a complex, yet intuitive and easy-to-
>use basis.
>
>Process terminal.
>ovalprocess will also be serving as the frontend / software interface to a
>new oval sound installation concept which is centered around a publicly
>accessible sound terminal, running ovalprocess on a PowerMacintosh &
>LCD monitor residing in a custom-built front-end of furniture-like style
>and proportions - providing intuitive and easy access to the provided oval
>audio content via a convenient trackpad interface. The publicly installed
>version
>will be offering an initial set of pre-installed audio presets, consisting
>of assorted loops from recent oval sound-file archives, serving as a
>reliable musical basis to start from. A projection of the screen content of
>the built-in-terminal.
>
>
>For more detailed description of Skotodesk, photos, information on
>performances or openings, interviews-
>Please contact Thrill Jockey 312 492 9634 or email press agents
>Bettina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  or howard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx