This workshop featured :

• an overview of the network performing arts scene,
• presentations of useful concepts for network performance,
• hands-on sessions of established and emerging technologies such as DVTS, JackTrip, ConferenceXP, EchoDamp and LOLA (see video below),
• audio and lighting issues in video-conferencing,
• live networked master class (see video below),
• performances and discussions of works by Bernhard Lang (composer), Christine Gaigg (choreographer) & Andrea Cera (composer),
• networking technical and artistic state of the art presentations.

The full program can be found here.

LOLA Demonstration

The presentation was made by Claudio Allocchio, Nicola Buso, Teresa Trevisan (piano) and Flavio Zaccaria (piano remote) Conservatorio G. Tartini Trieste, Italy

LOLA, the “LOw LAtency videostreaming system” has been designed to minimize the audio/video latency to a level which allows remote musicians (and other performing arts people) to interact in real-time even if at a long physical distance.

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Master Class

Conductor Jean Thorel with young violinist from the New World Symphony.

This demonstration of an online master class used an application called DVTS, which streams and receives raw DV-formatted audio and video at rate of 30 Mbps. The important question of lighting was also be covered during this session.

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