Compositions by Bill Alves

Information about Collateral Damage, a computer video

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Duration: 6:25

Notes:
This is my first work in a medium I call "video concrète." Though I had the idea for the work much earlier, its realization only became possible with the technology of digital video editing. With digital video software and a bit of my own programming, I was able to digitally cut, splice, and mix video segments together with the same precision that I had previously had available only in the audio domain. The sound that makes up the music comes completely from the sounds on the video itself, though these sounds have often been modified by the computer.

Major Performances:

• February 1993, Squeaky Wheel (Cable TV show), Buffalo NY
  
• February 1994, La Salle School of the Arts, Singapore
  
• February 1994, Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta
  
• March 1995, SEAMUS Conference, Ithaca, NY
  
• October 1995, SUNY Stony Brook
  
• April 1996, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  
• April 1996, Main Street Film Festival, Fullerton CA
  
• May 1996, 530 Lines of Resolution, New York
  
• April 1997, Suffolk County Community College, New York
  
• October 1997, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
  
• November 1997, Harvey Mudd College
  
• October 1998, International Computer Music Conference, Ann Arbor MI
  
• November 1998, Arts Now! Concert, North Carolina State University
  
• October 1999, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  
• November 1999 Scripps College
  
• Nov. 2000 Pasadena CA: NewTown Films on the Bowl