Neon/Music - final project
Neon/Music is a performance piece, that analyzes light, motion & color in a video stream and uses this to generate music.
I was inspired to do this because it is the reverse of my usual situation as a VJ, where I try to match images & video to the music. Here, I am starting from the video composition, and generating music.
I chose to work with videos of neon signs from Tokyo, since they have an interesting rhythmic structure, and look nice on big screens.
The project was implemented in Max/MSP/Jitter - here is a screenshot:
I performed it twice, on April 28th and 29th, in two different versions. On the 28th, it was shown as a video tryptich, spanning 3 screens. On the 29th, I showed it on a single screen.
It works quite well, the connection between video and music is clear. However, I am interested in improving the quality of sound, by using an external synthesizer program. This will also allow me to give more of a spatial sense, by panning the sounds associated with the videos to the left and right.