Lunchtime Talks are a series of informal presentations at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio. They normally take place at 13:00 on a Friday, are free and are open to everybody who is interested in what they do. Come along, bring a sandwich, and get to know more about the Studio community, current and up-coming projects, or residents' work.

This week we welcome Bristol based artists Yas Clarke and Lorenzo Prati to talk about creating a generative musical system from data harvested at the Ridracoli dam in Emilia Romagna, Italy.

For the past year, Lorenzo and Yas have been working on a musical system that creates a soundscape based on the environmental and structural conditions at the Ridracoli dam. The system runs 24/7 creating a live composition that responds in real-time to the ever changing site. The work throws up questions about how we can represent environmental change and natural phases in an abstract, emotional way and how we relate to music that is shaped according to changes over a very stretched-out timescale.

Lorenzo and Yas will talk about their process of conceptualising and realising the idea using experimental compositional techniques and custom made software. They will also share examples of the music that is generated and demonstrate some of the unique algorithms and instruments that the system is built on.

The Pervasive Media Studio is located within the Watershed building. Let us know if you'd like a tour and we'll be happy to show you around. Send an email to studio@watershed.co.uk

For further information visit watershed.co.uk/studio

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