Pure Data Live Performance  5' 30''
Live electronics

Pure Data Live Performance (2013) Live electronics
Final work from the workshop led by Theo Burt during the  Addicted2random (A2R) residency and ws at Hangar between April 29 and May 30, 2013. 
Addicted2random is the European research project focused on the connections between European musical past and contemporary trends of computer generated music.   
https://blog.radiofabrik.at/a2r/2013/05/15/second-a2r-residency-and-ws-at-hangar-theo-burt/ 
https://blog.radiofabrik.at/a2r/category/project
http://www.theoburt.com/
- premier: Hangar, Barcelona, Catalunya. 30 May 2013


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pure data live performance

12 Pieces for Piano and Wave Oscillator | Piece l - Piano and Wave Oscillators

Institute of Sonology - Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag, Nederland.
Acoustic piano and two sine oscillators
Live Performance Recording - 06/02/2014
Music composed and performed by Maia Francisco

• Premier: Schoenbergzaal, Den Haag, Nederland. 6 Feb. 2014
• Recorded at Studio 1 - Institute of Sonology - Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag, Nederland. 24 March 2014


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Piano and Wave Oscillator - Institute of Sonology

Research Concert 3
Acoustic piano, sine oscillator and transducer
Studio 1, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, Nederland. 14 January 2015

https://maiafrancisco.com/RCC-3

Performed by Maia Francisco

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RCC#3

Wonderwerp #58  13’40’’
Improvisation for Piano & Wave Oscillator (2015) 
Piano, oscillator, transducer
https://maiafrancisco.com/Wonderwerp-58 

• Recorded at Studio Loos, Den Haag, Nederland. 29 Jan. 2015

http://www.studioloos.com/wonderwerp/wonderwerp-june
http://dewidevree.org/event/wonderwerp-58-starting-from-scratch-loos-den-haag/
http://www.studioloos.com/wonderwerp/wonderwerp-58-starting-from-scratch

Performed by Maia Francisco

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Wonderwerp #58

Élmar 07’50’’
2 sine oscillators
https://maiafrancisco.com/Elmar

Audio recording of Élmar, a piece about sine waves, performed at Kees van Baarenzaal on January 2016.
Institute of Sonology - Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, Nederland.

Watch Video by www.eduardfigueres.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2FtkWQ9Z_U

© 2020. Élmar by Maia Francisco is licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Élmar

Washing Machine  11' 46''
Fixed media, 8 channels

• Premier: Schoenbergzaal-Institute of Sonology, Den Haag, Nederland. 27 June 2017

• Remastered 2018 for SONIX #2 Festival, Brno, Czech Republic. 24 March 2018
https://www.jiri-suchanek.net/en/project/sonix-vecery-akusmaticke-hudby/

• Exhibited 14/10/2020 - 15/02/2021 at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid). Audiosphere. Sound Experimentation 1980-2020
https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/exhibitions/audiosphere

Piece description
"The aural phenomenon, where two sine tones - close to each other in frequency - cause a sensation of beating or pulsations in the ear of the listener, is generally called ‘beating patterns’. The pulsation rate is equal to the difference of the two frequencies involved."
This piece is based on the exploration of beating patterns and beat frequencies that developed into a musical idea by controlling the level, range and duration of the beat frequencies throughout the piece. In this context, two sound materials have been used: the sine waves – beating patterns and beat frequencies- and the recording of a washing machine centrifuge. These two sound materials operate as different layers of sound. The dynamics present in the washing machine recording, however, make this particular layer of sound function both as the structural basis for this piece, and as a layer of noise.

https://maiafrancisco.com/Washing-Machine

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Washing Machine

Live performance audio recording 27/06/2017
Schoenbergzaal, Koninklijk Conservatorium 
The Hague, Netherlands

Performers
Jeong-guk (tenor recorder)
Akane Takada (piano)

Piece description
The aural phenomenon, where two sine tones - close to each other in frequency - cause a sensation of beating or pulsations in the ear of the listener, is generally called ‘beating patterns’. The pulsation rate is equal to the difference of the two frequencies involved. 
This piece has been influenced by the works of Alvin Lucier that combine acoustic instruments and sine waves to bring about emergent beating patterns. In the context of this piece, the beating patterns emerge from the combination of sine waves with the sound of the piano and tenor recorder. Specifically, the sine waves and the notes of the tenor recorder result in beating patterns with fluctuating beat frequencies. This irregularity is considered as a feature explored throughout the composition. This piece also explores audible beating along with spectral analysis of the frequencies and intensities of the harmonics present in the piano and tenor recorder sounds.

© 2020. A Piece for Piano, Tenor Recorder and Sine Waves by Maia Francisco is licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A Piece for Piano, Tenor Recorder and Sine Waves

Suikinkutsu  14’51’’
8 Sine oscillators and field recordings
https://maiafrancisco.com/Suikinkutsu

• Life performance recorded on the 23rd of November 2017, Kawagoe - Tokyo, Japan
• Remastered on the 4th of December 2017, Den Haag, Nederland.

Description
A suikinkutsu (translated from Japanese a "water koto cave") is a jar buried in the Japanese garden that makes sound generated by water dripping. Maia was very surprised to discover this amazing ‘music instrument’ while she was performing sound research in Japan during the month of November 2017. That discovery took place at the Inarikio Shrine, a very quiet spot in the heart of the busy Shinjuku in Tokyo.
The suikinkutsu is usually built next to a traditional Japanese stone basin for washing hands before the Japanese tea ceremony (Chanoyu). The device is hidden from the view and when the visitor washes her hands suddenly hears the pleasant sounds coming from underground. This clear and pure sound of water droplets is considered relaxing and soothing, a very appropriate sound to promote a state of calmness before start practicing the four principles Wa Kei Sei Jaku (harmony, respect, purity and tranquillity) during the Chanoyu. The suikinkutsu at the Inarikio Shrine provides a bamboo tube nearby to amplify the beautiful and peaceful sounds, to pause for a moment and allow ourselves to listen to the soothing sound.

During her stay in Tokyo, Maia had the pleasure to be invited to perform a piece she had created out of the recorded sounds of the suikinkutsu. The performance took place at the candle shop Haze (haze.jp/) where her friend Fumiko Nakajima (www.art-fumi.com/) was showing her amazing artworks during The 5th Kura and Contemporary Art Exhibition - Resonating Space in Kawagoe, Japan (kuratogendaibijutu.web.fc2.com/index.html). 

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Suikinkutsu

GRONDWATER4  6' 57''
live performance, sine waves and field recordings
http://www.grondwaterfestival.nl/

• Excerpt of the life performance recorded on the 13th of May 2018 at Studio Loos (http://www.studioloos.com/) Den Haag, Nederland.

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GRONDWATER4

Grondwater4

Sinetology (Excerpt 13'35'')
Sine Waves / Saw Waves
https://maiafrancisco.com/Sinetology-1

Live coding performance streamed on the 6th of April 2020, at "8:08 La hora del LIVECODER" - TOPLAP Barcelona. https://toplapbarcelona.hangar.org/

Sintology by Maia is part of "8:08pm La hora del LIVECODER", a series of live coding performances streamed by the TOPLAP-Barcelona collective and launched during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020.
‘TOPLAP is a meeting place for the community of live coders where to research, play live and develop projects around live coding. For TOPLAP, live coding is a form of scenic art and a creativity technique focused on real-time writing of source code and the use of interactive programming, is a new direction in electronic music, is improvising and formalizing in public. The live coders expose and modify in real time the software generating music and / or images, while the manipulation of the code is projected to allow viewing process.’
https://toplapbarcelona.hangar.org/

Listen full track: https://maiafrancisco.com/Sinetology-1
Watch full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyx8fdWsTE

© 2020. Sinetology by Maia Francisco is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Sinetology

Maia Francisco is a performer and sound artist based in Barcelona. Her interest is focused on the use of pure sound. She develops her work through the vehicle of improvisation in conjunction with specific usage of electronics.

Maia studied art and design at Barcelona’s Escola Massana Centre d’Art i Disseny and studied piano at the city’s Conservatory of Music. In addition, she studied at the Institute of Sonology at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag, Nederland.

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Maia Francisco

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