The Neural Aesthetic (Online) – Winter Show 2020 /shows/winter2020/ ITP/IMA/IMA Low Res Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:35:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /shows/winter2020/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2020/11/cropped-web_plain_2000_1400-1-32x32.png The Neural Aesthetic (Online) – Winter Show 2020 /shows/winter2020/ 32 32 Net-Natyam /shows/winter2020/net-natyam/ /shows/winter2020/net-natyam/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:50:20 +0000 https://itp.nyu.edu/shows/winter2020/2020/12/14/net-natyam/ Continue reading "Net-Natyam"

]]> Net-Natyam is a hybrid training system and performance platform that explores the relationships between music, machine learning, and movement through electronic sound composition, pose estimation techniques, and classical Indian dance choreography.

Ami Mehta, David Currie, ,

A webcam image of a classical Indian dance pose being detected by the machine learning model Facemesh A screenshot image of a dancer's facial expression, hand gesture, and pose being detected by a webcam and machine learning models A screenshot of the Net-Natyam website (in progress)
https://davidalexandercurrie.github.io/net-natyam/

Description

Bharatanatyam is a form of classical Indian dance that involves using complex footwork, hand gestures, and facial expressions to tell stories. The dance is traditionally accompanied by Carnatic music and an orchestra consisting of a mridangam drum, a flute, cymbals, and other instruments. Net-Natyam uses three ml5.js machine learning models (PoseNet, Handpose, and Facemesh) and a webcam to detect the movements of a Bharatanatyam dancer and trigger a corresponding sequence of electronically composed sounds.

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The Neural Aesthetic (Online), ICM – Media
Performance,Machine Learning
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]]> An installation and performance involving percussion objects hung from a ceiling, rhythmically resonated by solenoid motors.

Eamon Goodman

a motor used to strike and resonate objects a solenoid and human collaborate
https://vimeo.com/489257121

Description

zoom link:

https://nyu.zoom.us/j/91942675074?pwd=Sm13YzQyVm9abEFUOXlFdUsrSk8rUT09

GO TO
https://midi-sender.herokuapp.com/
OR CLICK PROJECT WEBSITE TO PLAY THE DRUMS YOURSELF!

I have collected, arranged, and hung 7 percussive and sonic objects in and array around the listener's ear, be it a human or electronic eardrum. To each object is attached a solenoid motor which will strike the object, and I will control this striking both live with buttons and by creating rhythmic MIDI clips in Ableton Live. I'll then explore the vocabulary of sounds possible with my room-sized instrument, incorporating it into musical performance, perhaps on its own, played and manipulated by multiple people, and with other sound sources, for instance a pitch-detecting harmonizer I created, or just an acoustic instrument like the bass clarinet. If I have time and luck I'll make it possible for spectators to trigger the sculpture over the web.

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Intro to Phys. Comp., The Neural Aesthetic (Online), ICM – Media
Sound,Performance
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