Bob Jarvis
he/they
Melbourne, Australia
Bob Jarvis is an Australian artist, researcher, and educator working with music, vision, and code to explore the bleeding edge of multimodal composition and performance. With over a decade of experience building tools for performance and composition, Bob is passionate about the role technology can play in expanding the creative potential of everyone.
Working across live video performance, music, animation and software development, Bob holds a Bachelor of Music from Adelaide University and a Masters of Computing from RMIT which he applies in the development of tools for live audio-visual performance.
Bob's previous artistic output has included a piece for chamber orchestra and live projection entitle Concerto for Light Sculpture, which won The Vice Chancellors Award at The International Space Time Concerto Competition in 2012. Concepts of that piece were extended in the 2013 work Luminesce which explored emergence and the visualisation of musical arrangement, and went on to win in the live category of the International Visual Music Awards in 2015.
He has developed software for individuals and institutions including plugins for controlling the Melbourne Grand Organ - the largest instrument in the southern hemisphere - and touchscreen games for orangutans to express their wellbeing. His work has been exhibited internationally including at The National Gallery of Victoria, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and The Sydney Royal Botanic Garden.
His open source contributions include the development of VIZZable, a suite of open source video performance plugins for Ableton Live, as well as support for the Spout video framework written by his father Lynn Jarvis.
Bob currently serves as the Technology Director for Melbourne arts company Playable Streets, is a lecturer at RMIT University, and a supervisor and The Victorian College of the Arts. He is currently undertakign a PhD investingating the composition of non-linear musical works to be performed through human flight.
Bob provides one-on-one training to clients in Max and supporting technologies, as well as running workshops in person and online for beginner to advanced users.
Working across live video performance, music, animation and software development, Bob holds a Bachelor of Music from Adelaide University and a Masters of Computing from RMIT which he applies in the development of tools for live audio-visual performance.
Bob's previous artistic output has included a piece for chamber orchestra and live projection entitle Concerto for Light Sculpture, which won The Vice Chancellors Award at The International Space Time Concerto Competition in 2012. Concepts of that piece were extended in the 2013 work Luminesce which explored emergence and the visualisation of musical arrangement, and went on to win in the live category of the International Visual Music Awards in 2015.
He has developed software for individuals and institutions including plugins for controlling the Melbourne Grand Organ - the largest instrument in the southern hemisphere - and touchscreen games for orangutans to express their wellbeing. His work has been exhibited internationally including at The National Gallery of Victoria, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and The Sydney Royal Botanic Garden.
His open source contributions include the development of VIZZable, a suite of open source video performance plugins for Ableton Live, as well as support for the Spout video framework written by his father Lynn Jarvis.
Bob currently serves as the Technology Director for Melbourne arts company Playable Streets, is a lecturer at RMIT University, and a supervisor and The Victorian College of the Arts. He is currently undertakign a PhD investingating the composition of non-linear musical works to be performed through human flight.
Bob provides one-on-one training to clients in Max and supporting technologies, as well as running workshops in person and online for beginner to advanced users.