1 - Edu Comelles - SPECTROGRAM: MISLATA
The resulting archive consisting of local urban, rural, social and cultural soundscapes was analysed and turned into a spectrogram: a visualisation of the spectral information in an audio-file.
By doing this, he makes the intangible heritage of Mislata visible without being very intrusive. The murals combine various spectrograms from different recordings. The image is full of details, complexities and graphic nuances. The murals are composed of parts of spectrograms of sounds from birds, cars, sirens, buses, church bells and all kinds of hums, hisses and roars that Edu found in the city of Mislata. Those textures, put together, form a portrait of the city and it’s inhabitants.
2 - Mara and Lee Westwood's "A Hidden Order."
ten musical pieces were curated for a mixed ensemble of flute, cor anglais, marimba, assorted percussion instruments, and cello. Once they decided on a specific geometry— hexagon, octagon, square, etc.— they could then decide on a time signature to apply to the music. “Hexagonal symmetry is always 12 beats per bar, whereas square grid will work with divisions of 4’s or 8’s,” explains Westwood.
Once these compositions were set and recorded, they were processed in Sama’s unique computer program, converted into geometric patterns, and printed. Some of the longer compositions were split into “motifs” in order to make succinct visualisations that weren’t muddled by too much time, so to speak. So how exactly did they curate so many different variables? With infinite choices of colour, timbre, song, pattern, and so on,
3 - Tobias Gremmler's - The conductor
A conductor’s sweeping arm movements inform not only the orchestra but a fluttering cluster of abstract geometric patterns in a new experimental motion tracking video. The visual motion concept is by German author, musician and multimedia designer, Tobias Gremmler, but instead of trailing the movements of a kung fu drill like last time, Gremmler follows a conductor's baton. Sir Simon Rattle of the London Symphony Orchestra is first shown wrapped up in a motion tracking suit. As Rattle swings his arm from right to left a number of kinetic graphics dissipate from his body. With each movement a swarm of algorithmic patterns spreads across his silhouette in waves of color and shape. Gremmler’s graphics trace the conductor’s gestures like ripples in a lake. Rattle’s movements, however, aren't the only thing influencing the visual arrangements. The graphics are also processing the music being performed which adds to the form of the motion, an aspect of the operation Gremmler compares to mixing audio waves.
4 - Wasserresonanz - Wasserklangbilder - Chladnische Figuren im Wasser
German artist creates reactive art with water and speakers, This is something like what i am looking at making. how the lighting and shapes are manipulated in response to the noises that are created.
5 - Waves
interesting project displayed at the GLOW light festival. This directly visualises sounds and projects them around the space that you are in and shows them dissipating over time, so you can see where the sounds would hit off of walls and floors or other people.
Inspiring work, makes me think about the interactivity of sound and how it can be made into fun experience, also question what sound looks like ? as this is just one of many ways that we could imagine what those wave forms look like.
Inspiring work, makes me think about the interactivity of sound and how it can be made into fun experience, also question what sound looks like ? as this is just one of many ways that we could imagine what those wave forms look like.
6 - TRINITY
perforative dance and motion graphic, / Projection mapping. Really engaging piece and once again inspiring. produces thoughts of how a set can come together?
Makes me think about my outcome and how engaging and capturing it will be,
Makes me think about my outcome and how engaging and capturing it will be,
7 - Vibrations guide tiny glass beads through an underwater maze
The behaviour of some particles on the vibrating surfaces of Chladni plates is reversed underwater, a new study reveals. The discovery was made by Kourosh Latifi, Harri Wijaya, and Quan Zhou at Aalto University in Finland. They observed that glass beads on a submerged vibrating plate move towards antinodes, where the plate’s amplitude of vibration is highest. The underwater effect could be useful in a variety of medical and biological applications, including the manipulation of living cells.
8 - Skunk Bear
This helps me think about ways to make physical visuals? here they have found a way using parabolic mirrors and light mixed with a high speed camera to actually see the distortions that sound makes to the air. this is a really interesting and visually satisfying output. something that if i had more time or seen earlier i may have experimented with, something that in the future i will look into using.