May 10 & 11 5pm-9pm
Spring Show 2005
721 Broadway
at Waverly Place
4th Floor
South Elevators
New York, NY 10003
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| Open Book | ||
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| Author(s): | Diane Thomas | |
| Instructor: | Menderson, Peter | |
| Class: | Materials and Building Strategies | |
| URL: | http://dcthomas.net/openbook.html | |
| Keywords: | poetry max/msp exposure privacy audio | |
| A play on exposure and privacy; what is revieled and what is hidden. | ||
| Open Book is an installation that expores privacy and intimacy. materials include: uerathane cast book lead formed book jacket plaster pillow polypropelene stand. a viewers proximity/ movement determines availible level of engagement; it is not necessary that the total experiece be known. \"partial\" is a ligitamate experience outcome | ||
| Personal Statement: | The piece is a material representation of ideals around \"reveiling and exposing\" toward a creative purpose. | |
| Audience: | Open Book is an installation to evoke in the user/ viewer ideas on intamacy and privacy. | |
| User Scenario: | Book always broadcast a sound at very low volume. as a viewer approaches, proximity registered and volume raises, at the same time values in (Max/MSP) start filters making sound confussing. If the user obscures lights aimed on the open book, filter levels drop and audio (text) can be understood. | |
| Technical System Description: | Much of the sound for the piece comes from manipulated screen reader. The text is Rilke. the aiff is opened in max/msp which is connected through midi hardware and photo sensors. | |
| Project References, Research and Literature: | Rilke The Book of Hours
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