Tintinnabulate is a multimedia ensemble of graduate students and faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and created and currently directed by Pauline Oliveros with technical support by Jonas Braasch. Tintinnabulate performs in interesting acoustic spaces as well as virtual spaces with acoustic and electronic instruments and has participated in many co-located telepresence performances via the INTERNET.
As an ensemble of improvisational artists and musicians, Tintinnabulate's voices and senses are tuned through the practice of Deep Listening. Harmony is achieved through intuition, play, and sympathetic resonance. Founded by Pauline Oliveros, and based at RPI's iEAR program in Troy, NY.
Tintinnabulate (verb) - to ring or sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"
"Telepresence requires that the senses of the user, or users, are provided with such stimuli as to give the feeling of being in that other location. The user's position, movements, actions, voice, etc. may be sensed, transmitted and duplicated in the remote location to bring about this effect. Therefore information may be travelling in both directions between the user and the remote location." (Wikipedia)
Something slumbers sunk,
Mid the tunnel mud,
Utterance arouse,
Lumps begin to show.
Tintinnabulate,
Site the air aware,
Forge a fort of tude,
Planetary ship.
