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Endosymbiosis is a video and improvised electronic music performance by Robert Fantinatto and co-presented by Charles Street Video, New Adventures in Sound Art and Toronto Media Arts Centre. Endosymbiosis utilizes a variation on the technique of Liquid Light by replacing the overhead projector with a 4K video camera. The improvised music performed by Fantinatto uses a customized modular synthesizer along with slowed down water sounds. The performance will be live-streamed over YouTube with Q&A discussion taking place afterwards on the Whereby platform.

"Endosymbiosis” evokes the transitional time when, 2 billion years ago, early simple bacterial life forms began to evolve into complex cells with internal organs. This came about when a simple cell engulfed another, the engulfed cell becoming a nucleus for the host cell and the eventual location of the first DNA molecules. This key event marks the beginnings of complex life that would eventually lead to the diverse biology known today.
“Endosymbiosis” seeks to help viewers disengage with the information overload of today and transport the viewer back to the primal sensory landscape of our cellular origins. Much like the effect of gazing up at the night sky and contemplating the vastness of the cosmos can help one gain valuable perspective and help offset the manufactured stresses we as a species seem to burden ourselves with, “Endosymbiosis” invites the viewer to engage with the micro perspective of our primal cellular landscape.

The visual component utilizes the technique of “Liquid Light”, a popular component of live concerts during the psychedelic era of the late 1960’s, where different dyes are added to a bath of water and mineral oil which is illuminated from below. Whereas traditional Liquid Light compositions would be projected using an old fashioned “overhead projector”, Fantinatto uses a 4K video camera with a macro lens to reveal very tiny movements of bubbles merging and dyes moving that create an ever changing sea of activity.

Fantinatto will perform improvised music during the performance using a customized modular synthesizer that does not employ any computer control. This will be augmented by an aural soundscape of slowed down water sounds and white noise that will remind viewers of the experience of hearing when underwater.
Online Location issued after Advance Registration.

Link to video of Performance

General $10, Students FREE, Optional Admission Fee
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