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March 25, 2007

looop-r :: show function(box)

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face plates::

before (raw alluminum) :

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after (black matte sticker) :
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March 09, 2007

Max Neuhaus vs. La Monte Young

here are the edited (and not finished) reports of my soundart pieces explorations.
hearing - physiological condition
listening psychological act

letting yourself go, creating tighter bonding with the environment, navigate accross counciousness.

Max Neuhaus piece on Times Sq., between broadway and 7th,
created a bubble, not outside, far away from the place , but inside, even more involved by that space and actions, that environment. We are right in the middle of manhatan´s big fuzz and time as gained another pace.
the streets sounds become more pleasant, unseeingly melted with the monter's constant hum. Like a siren that is going away but never leaves the place.
the drone.


unconsciously my choice for the subsequent installation was (imho) perfect!
though both installations isolate us, one lives from the interaction with the surrounding environment (external), while the other the environment becames the sound space, allowing a three dimensional navigation in the sound.
La Monte Young's Dreamhouse:
the joy of interaction with the physicality of sound. a seemingly constant wave .
or how easy it is to leave a room a be in a playground with sound waves.

sound frequencies fill up the room, yes they do fill it, and we noticed that just by peeking at the door before we entered the floor. there's an empty room, purple light coming in from its purple tinted windows, four white blocks one in each corner, each carrying its speaker. As you enter the room, puffs, blankets and a strong low frequency pull you to the ground and slower your metabolism. Deep breath and gazing the infinite surrounded by 4 walls and a much more powerfull force coming from the 4 corners. A constant rush of sound crossing your brain, your brain and ears become a crossroad of sound frequencies, revealing the interaction with sound on time and space. body movements slowly become synthesis control.

March 08, 2007

meditation002 - 5$input-shaper

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hmm.. this meditation should have been posted one week ago, neverthelless i used some extra time to achieve what i exactly wanted: a basic 3 structure / shape controlable with the trackpad.
to control independent parameters using the same and one mouse/ trackpad input.
Using extra keys combination it is possible to control, position (x,y,z), scale (x,y,z), color (r,g,b,a) and dimensions/ sides of shape,
also used keys as shortcuts to toggles for some 3d shape characteristics(poly_mode; depth enable; smooth_shading).
More than everything this meditation was about data flows and routing and though i really learned a lot i still think (that besides messy) this patch can be improved. ..and there stil are 98989898989000 objects to be found! ehhe!

watch med002_5$input-shaper patch demo (8.3Mb)

download patch file

patch screenshot::

March 02, 2007

gl21 - experiments in jitter

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so as my jitter learning process goes on and on and on (this will be a loong fight!) i've been trying some patches.
I've been quite excited with openGl possibilities and made this audio-reactive patch with one shape and controlling its color and z-scale.
next step?
more shapes? definitely camera control! (please ignore the mouse and handles...)
i've recorded part of my sessions having fun with gl21 patch and i've cut this part featuring Multiphonic Ensemble's track ->Electric music box
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watch now! (22Mb)