Optronica Lab once again brings innovative audiovisual performance from emerging artists using and developing technology.  Here, long time Warp Records collaborators, brothers Finn and Robin McNicholas present a new AV show that blends live improvised electro acoustic performance with the intricately tailored animation work they've created together.

Ultre (Finn) plays a stringed instrument that he's custom built himself to trigger not

only sound, but also video loops (he describes it as "a little like a one-stringed

electric cello") whilst Flat-e (Robin) overlays visuals specially prepared in High-Definition.

Designed to be very 'live', this specially prepared new version of their show has been re-built to enable more improvisation in both audio and video.  All the triggered visuals are film and animation parts made specifically, for individual sounds and musical sections.

The duo's stated aim is to 'approach audiovisual projects with an open mind and

let both sides influence each other, creating memorable experiences that tap into what can only be done when both sound and image are used in a complimentary way to communicate human feeling and experience beyond words.'