H₂Orchestra at Brampton Independent Arts Festival (BIAF) 2008

H₂Orchestra makes sound from H₂O in each of its four "states", using four musical instruments that were invented by Dr. S. Mann:

• Pagophone makes sound from solid H₂O (ice);
• Hydraulophone makes sound from liquid H₂O (water);
• Idratmosphone makes sound from gaseous H₂O (steam);
• Underwater Plasmaphone makes sound from "H₂O" taken into its fourth state-of-matter (underwater "lightning").

Excerpt (beginning):

Excerpt (explanation):

Hand-held cameraphone:

Neckworn camera (a bunch of 30-second 3gp files concatenated together):

First half as recorded from tripod-mounted audience camera:

Second half as recorded from tripod-mounted audience camera:

Raw audio and video recordings are here. For example, eye-feed:

BIAF (Brampton Independent Arts Festival), Friday 2008 February 15th, at the Rose Theatre.

We also performed at BIAF last year...

Portrait of Ryan and Steve, by photographer Marc De Mouy

Portrait of Ryan and Steve, glogged by Raymond Lo

Portrait of Ryan and Steve, glogged by Raymond Lo

H₂Orchestra's "States-of-Matter Quintet"

(Self-portrait of S. Mann)

Portrait of Steve Mann, by photographer Marc De Mouy

Portrait of Ryan Janzen, by photographer Marc De Mouy

Here is a brief bio of performer S. Mann.

Here are some pictures of Steve Mann playing the hydraulophone.

Here are some closeup pictures of Nessie the 12-mouth sea monster (hydraulophone).

Pictures from our BIAF performance last year:

• Here is some photographic art by Marc De Mouy, documenting the setup of the hydraulophones.
• Here is some photographic art by Marc De Mouy, documenting the hydraulophone performance.

Brampton Guardian:

Slideshow:

Last year's schedule.