At the start of the class, Mr Dirk did a simple performance of a piece called "I am sitting in a room", by Alvin Lucier. This is a very interesting composition because it deals with the idea of making imperfections perfect. Alvin Lucier being a person who stutters, composed a piece that requires one to read out a paragraph in a room. The program will record the voice and play back repeatedly. As this goes on, the voice of the speakers fades off and resonance of the room was heard. The diversion of our attention from the text to the echoes and resonance of the room was amusing.
Mr Dirk brought across a point that art is about creating something simple to something sophisticated. The sounds that were produced varies from room to room. Factors like corners, furnitures and movements also played a role in the sound. He actually made his stuttering speech produce noises that resonate from the room and these noises sounded rather beautifully.
I personally felt that as the recoding is repeatedly played, the noises becomes music. The sounds that the piece produce is kind of soothing and made me felt that time had slowed down. He was very brave to face his weakness. Correcting his disability in an artistic manner, with the aid of technology and science.
In class today, we downloaded the program called Maxuino. It is supposed to aid the use of Arduino.
Pictures of my Maxduino program.
Picture of Mr Dirk's program~
Alot of work to do for me!!
The later part of the class was more like a brainstorming session. We were required to think of an interesting concept for our 1st assignment. the idea should incorporate the knowledge of Arduino and Max. Furthermore, the presentation will be in a performance format and should also encompass the ability to interact with the audience.
It sounded easy, but I had been hitting the wall all the time. Coming up with ideas like creating a tuner, an instrument and even to composing a piece. Many questions had to be asked. What my idea wants to bring out? How is it artistic? What are the technical limitations I have? Not so easy bro.. Sighs~~
Cool idea!! LED table. It can be commercialized and used in pubs or clubs with low lightings. It provides a smoothing ambience and interesting interaction between human voice and the table. The amazing thing is that the table actually detects different human voices. How cool is that. With a color representing each individual, making the design very personal. It also shows who is the passive speaker among friends. LOL.
I don't know how it is done, but i guessed the device detects a certain frequency and lights up the LED. Since the every individual has different frequency when speaking, different colored lights will be triggered.
I found this video while browsing through Korea got talent.
I thought the concept was great. It infuse technology with dance and come up with an entertaining performance.
A random thought i had in mind. How can I change the sound pitch using counter or pressure censors. More thoughts coming as the assignment due date is near~
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