L2Ork--World's First Linux Laptop Orchestra will be at Kids' Tech on Feb. 27th!

Exhibit Title: Introducing L2Ork -- World's First Linux Laptop Orchestra

http://l2ork.music.vt.edu

Abstract:
Imagine an orchestra where performers instead of playing traditional instruments perform using networked laptops, wiimotes, nunchuks, and hemispherical speakers fashioned out of IKEA wooden salad bowls. While this may sound like a truly odd combination, laptop's ability to fulfill many different roles has enabled us to design an entirely new kind of an ensemble as well as to explore novel ways on how to combine Arts, Sciences, and Education at an unbeatable price.

Visitors will have an opportunity to have a hands-on experience playing several L2Ork instruments, learn why we use hemispherical speakers and wiimotes, listen to compositions specifically written for the ensemble, as well as find out more about unique opportunities offered by the laptop-based ensemble.

Bio:
Dr. Ivica Ico Bukvic is an assistant professor in music composition & technology at Virginia Tech. He is the founder and director of the Digital Interactive Sound and Intermedia Studio (DISIS) and World's first Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork), assistant co-director for the Collaborative for Creative Technologies in the Arts and Design (CCTAD) interdisciplinary program, a member of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI), and as a faculty (by courtesy) in departments of Computer Science and Art & Art History.