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Abstract
This short feature describes an early example of an iPad opera/ballet, Secret Garden, an artistic collaboration between Martin Rieser (artist) and Andrew Hugill (composer).
Acknowledgements
Secret Garden was conceived and developed by Martin Rieser and Andrew Hugill from original poems by Rieser set to music by Hugill. The interactive installation was a collaboration between Rieser, Hugill, Lee Scott (PhD student) and a company of dancers (Ariane Barnes and Brendon Hansford), animators (Agne Tillingate and Jamie Shaw), programmer (Eric Tatham) and technician (Gareth Howell).
Additional information
Martin Rieser is a hybrid media artist, researcher and designer. He was appointed in January 2008 as research professor between the Institute of Creative Technology and Faculty of Art and Design at De Montfort University. His interactive installations include Understanding Echo, shown in Japan 2002; Hosts, Bath Abbey 2006; Secret Door, Invideo Milan 2006; The Street, RMIT Gallery Melbourne 2008/ISEA Belfast 2009; Secret Garden, Phoenix Square 2012/Taipei 2013. He has recently edited The Mobile Audience, a book on locative technology and art published by Rodopi, and also logged in a blog: www.mobileaudience.blogspot.com
Andrew Hugill is Director of Creative Computing at Bath Spa University. He is a composer and transdisciplinary researcher. He is the author of Pataphysics: A Useless Guide (MIT Press, 2012) and The Digital Musician (Routledge, 2008). He is the former Director of the Institute of Creative Technologies at De Montfort University.