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Robert Henke: CBM 8032 AV, Barbican
Robert Henke performs CBM 8032 AV at the Barbican
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MOST people old enough to remember the Commodore, one of the first home computers released in the late 70s, will perhaps be more familiar with its 80s console offshoot the Commodore 64 - that ran classic computer games like Pac-Man, Impossible Mission, Bubble Bobble, Out Run and Tetris.
The fact these computers were never designed to create music hasn't stopped electronic artist-cum-scientist Robert Henke from rising to the challenge.
Tonight he uses not the console but a model from the early 80s, the CBM (Computer Business Machine) 8032, to create a unique audio-visual performance based on the tiny 8-bit CPU - a speed, Henke explains, far slower than even your washing machine.
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