GRAPHIC SOUND VISUALIZERS - III
PARHELIA "A Parhelion (plural Parhelia, from "beside the sun", also called a 'Mock Sun') is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky, often on a luminous ring or halo on either side of the sun. The use of grayscale emphasized subtle contrasts and shifts from states of complexity to simplicity, all based on only a few basic, generative forms. The dynamic motility of these forms put the audience in motion both within the forms as well as in a space occupied by the formal structures"
BIO ACOUSTIC STUDY "Live generative cinematic exploration of sonically activated biological events, specifically evolving cellular entities that grow in response to sound vibrations."
Paul Prudence also has one of the most interesting research blogs of the entire cyberspace and beyond: DATA IS NATURE It reports on "visual music, parametric architecture, computational archaeology, psychogeography and cartography, experimental musical notational, utopian constructs, visionary divination systems and counter cultural systems". For more information about his work check: http://www.transphormetic.com BORIS CHIMP 504
BORIS CHIMP 504 is an audiovisual real-time performance that emphasizes audio synthesis and graphical languages in a futuristic Sci-Fi aesthetics. It's a real time interactive/reactive system between the audio and the image, between the man and the machine. The narrative is tells the adventures of the Boris Chimp 504 through hyperspace.He was sent in a mission to the moon in 1969. But he never came back. His last communication was from the moon surface on the 7th July 1969... *based on the article "Details of the Soviet Primate Lunar Landing Program" by Dwayne Allen Day
Visuals: Rodrigo Carvalho Sound: Miguel Neto More info about Boris at : facebook.com/borischimp504 and borischimp504.com SUPERCOLLIDER SHAPE
"A minimal continuous audiovisual sculpture of sound and imagined black ink exploring Supercollider generative sound algorithms. Major noise sounds were recorded in a custom made software, developed in Super Collider and Processing, using an EEG interface, doing brain signal analytics, except the piano, witch was recorded live. " By Joao Martinho Moura, more info here BAROQUE
"Baroque.me visualizes the first Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suites. Using the mathematics behind string length and pitch, it came from a simple idea: what if all the notes were drawn as strings? Instead of a stream of classical notation on a page, this interactive project highlights the music’s underlying structure and subtle shifts." "Classical notation is convenient and concise code. But visually, it’s completely disconnected from any actual physical characteristics of sound. String lengths, on the other hand, are visual representations of the frequencies they produce." Try it online at baroque.me More info here. By Alexander Chen SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
"Simple Harmonic Motion is an ongoing research and series of projects exploring the nature of complex patterns created from the interaction of multilayered rhythms. It is a video and sound installation, developed around the concept of creating complexity from simplicity. " "By abstracting, emphasising and amplifying the beautiful complex patterns created from the interaction of simple harmonic motion at different frequencies, the project aims to share the enthusiasm, excitement and fascination I personally feel from such observations in nature and fundamental physical and mathematical phenomena." Presented at Ron Arads Curtain Call at the Roundhouse. "Ultra wide video mapped around the 18m wide, 8m tall cylindrical display made from 5,600 silicon rods, allowing the audience to view from inside and outside". By Memo Atken. More info here