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Episode 05: Understanding the Interactive Arts: a Conversation with Jose Veliz

In today’s episode, Jose Veliz will share some of the innovative and creative results he got while exploring new potential in technology to make his interactive projects. He is one of the rare composers and artists who allow the audience to join the conductor in leading the orchestra and navigating the music flow. His music was used in the art film Kaleidoscope, while his Music United project was an event where several bands and artists performed simultaneously from different locations. Moreover, some of his creations include interactive applications that one can use to create sound and light. Also, Jose and I did a few projects together, so we discussed our collaborative work today.

About Jose Veliz

Jose Veliz is an award-winning composer, performer, interactive artist, and technologist from Guatemala, currently based in South Florida. Throughout his childhood, he lived in Guatemala, Brazil, and Mexico and eventually moved to the US. He has written musical compositions and arrangements for live performances, films, and other media and has performed as a pianist and conductor in various settings. In recent years, Jose has been experimenting with interactive art, developing the tool that engaged listeners and brings them closer to sound creation. His objective is to develop further engagement and understanding of unique musical genres by allowing audiences to be immersed and become a part of the music performance.

Jose earned a Bachelor’s in Music Media Writing and Production at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music with a certificate in Classical Piano Performance. He specialized in Music Technology at Florida International University. He was awarded multiple grants, and the most notable came from a Knight New Work Winner, Young Arts Winner and New Music USA. He is the founder of InterART Labs, a company that creates interactive video platforms, interactive concerts, and immersive installations.

Jose’s book recommendation to our listeners

Composing Interactive Music (Techniques and Ideas Using Max) by Todd Winkler

Find more about Jose Veliz and his work

https://interartlabs.com

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Choices – Interactive orchestral composition

Kaleidoscope – Art Film Score

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Pedja Kovačević
Pedja Kovačević

Pedja Kovačević is a Serbian-born musicologist, curator, and music producer, and the founder of Soundologia — a curatorial platform, record label, podcast, and festival dedicated to contemporary and experimental music. He moved to the United States in 2018 and holds degrees in musicology from the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, and in Music Management and Production from Florida International University’s School of Music.

As curator and executive producer of the Soundologia Anthology series, Pedja has commissioned, produced, and released three volumes documenting the work of South Florida’s contemporary composers and sound artists, presented in connection with the Soundologia Anthology Festival in Miami. He has taught experimental and electroacoustic music at FIU’s School of Music and has worked as a program coordinator and music administrator at music and arts schools in Miami.

As a musicologist and music writer, Pedja has published articles and presented research at international conferences and forums in the United States, Poland, Greece, and Serbia. His writing explores the relationship between music and other art forms, including painting, architecture, poetry, prose, and photography, as well as questions of listening, sound, and musical perception. His research has also examined Deep Listening, a concept introduced by American composer Pauline Oliveros, as a way of reconsidering the aesthetic dimensions of sound. Through Soundologia, Pedja promotes contemporary and experimental music and presents extended conversations with composers and sound artists about their work.

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