Polytope (Mycenes Alpha) 1978

Overview

Mycenae-Alpha is an electroacoustic work that Xenakis composed in 1978 as part of an installation of lights, movement and music that took place at Mycenae Acropolis in Greece. The massive multimedia performances Xenakis called polytopes Mycenae-Alpha is also the first work to be composed entirely on the UPIC system. The UPIC is a tool for the graphic composition of electroacoustic music which was first developed in the late 1970s by Xenakis and his staff at the Center for Studies in Mathematical and Automated Music in Paris.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 5, 1980

Original language

English

Countries

Greece

Director

Iannis Xenakis,Fotis Psychramis

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0288746