“Égrégore” means an energy produced by the desires of many individuals in a common goal. This is the starting point of this audiovisual performance that aims to exploit the group movement phenomenas. Complex and expressive behaviors are generated and controlled by a computer and transcribed in sound and image. A crowd of particles deploys itself, reorganizes, blends into living structures more or less coherent, evolving from a chaotic movement toward a cohesive group. This project is a continuation of chdh’s work on audiovisual instruments, but aims to radicalize the search”

chdh is a collective founded in 2000 by Cyrille Henry, Nicolas Montgermont and Damien Henry.  Their work explores behaviour, images and sound, in particular the possibilities offered by Pure Data and its graphics library Gem.

See more screenshots here | chdh.free.fr

supported by :
Césaré – national center of musical creation, Reims : development residency.
iMAL – center for digital cultures and technology, Bruxelles : development residency.

(thanks Emilio)