The projet, "Blank Pages" or "Pages Blanches"

This project is based on a score that leads to the meeting and the improvisation of musicians, video artists and programmers (Max/MSP, Puredata).

The "Blank pages" score, describes the situation in 4 points: 1- Each participant has to use one of the two programming language written by Miller Puckette, Pure Data or Max/MSP. 2- The session length is fixed to 60 min. 3- Participants need to start a session with an empty programming page. 4- It is strictly forbidden to load or recall any program during the session.

Each participant has a computer and one of the mentioned applications, and elaborates a program that will make sound and/or video. Max/MSP and Pure Data programming languages permit to write and modify applications in a live situation, while continuing to work on the application itself, therefore one can code and immediately listen to this code result. There are no links between the computers, the participants have to listen and watch the others in order to play together. With the score and the four instructions, the listening is stimulated, and the quality of the audio-visual production becomes everyone's responsibility.

Tips : The sound and video diffusion is not defined, but you can find some ideas in the technical section to help on the organization of "Blank Pages" sessions. Don't sell any "Blank Pages" recordings, we also advise you not to make any. Participants can use their computer audio input and some external controllers but without giving them too much importance. Participants can't prepare a session in advance, and the organizers shouldn't repeat too often a situation with the same participants (not more than once a month). Miller Blank

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Previous sessions :

Blank pages #1 Place : Marseille - Le train en marche Date : 11 April 2008 5 Participants : Dorian empty Didier Simione Luccio Stiz Thomas Thiery Pierce Warnecke

Blank pages #2 Place : Aubagne - La Distillerie Date : 13 July 2008 6 Participants : Charles Bascou Julien Blois Erwan Inyzant Adrien Merer Marine Quiniou Peter Sinclair

Blank pages #3 Place : Aix-en-Provence - École supérieure d’art Date : 20 Otober 2008 7 Participants : Fabien Artal Charlotte Benedittini Erwan Inyzant Tomek Jarolim Peter Sinclair Amaury Tatibouet Thomas Thiery

Blank pages #4 Place : Marseille - École supérieure des beaux-arts Date : 18 December 2008 5 Participants : Jonathan Attar Charles Bascou Didier Simione Luccio Stiz Pierce Warnecke

Blank pages #5 Place : Paris - Mains d'œuvre - Mal Au Pixel #4 Date : 06 June 2009 9 Participants : Jonathan Attar Gottfried Beyreuther Tad Bisaha Philippe Boisnard jean-yves gratius Pascale Gustin Tom Mays Fabrice Metais Renaud Rubiano

Blank pages #6 Place : Madrid - Matadero - Intermediae Date : 23 May 2009 2 Participants : Jay Barros Thomas Thiery

Blank pages #7 Place : Berlin - Emitter19 Date : 05 September 2009 4 Participants : Nicolas Berger Felix Pfeifer Thomas Thiery Pierce Warnecke

Blank pages #8 Place : Berlin - NK Date : 06 September 2009 6 Participants : João Pais Renaud Rubiano Barreiro Servando Stefan Tiedje Dominik Tresowski Duan Wasi