More info and thoughts on my piece coming soon.
Free and Uncontrollable Sound
Showing posts with label sound sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sound sculpture. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
My hard drive is experiencing some strange noises
The sound of a defective hard disk is picked up by a contact microphone. The acoustic wave is instantly processed by a software that repeats and amplifies sounds creating a resounding echo.
Gregory Chatonsky is an artist born in Paris. He currently resides in Montreal and Paris.
He holds a philosophy master’s from the Sorbonne and a multimedia advanced degree from the Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts in Paris. He has worked on numerous solo and group projects in France, Canada, the United States, Italy, Australia, Germany, Finland and Spain. His works have been acquired by public collectors such as the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie.
I was told that my sound sculpture presented at the Containment project sounds like a defective hard disk.
Saturday, 11 September 2010
Manuel Rocha Iturbide - Ping Roll
Since I'm interested in working with balls I thought this ping pong piece is something to look at and ponder about. I don't particularly like or dislike this work. The artist explains (see below) the whole process and ideas behind his piece.
Sound Sculpture by Manuel Rocha Iturbide
The sound sculpture has 3 series of speakers that play 3 tracks with the sound of processes of ping-pong balls bouncing stochasticly, alternating with periods of silence, and with pure sinusoidal frequencies. The sound of each track alternates between each other so that the speakers sound at different times. The sinusoidal frequencies diffused through the speakers were calculated in order to be sympathetic to the natural tuning of the sculpture's alluminum plate, so that they make it vibrate and resonate. The effect of the vibrating plate over the ping-pong balls is that some of them bounce in a fixed point...continue here
The sound sculpture has 3 series of speakers that play 3 tracks with the sound of processes of ping-pong balls bouncing stochasticly, alternating with periods of silence, and with pure sinusoidal frequencies. The sound of each track alternates between each other so that the speakers sound at different times. The sinusoidal frequencies diffused through the speakers were calculated in order to be sympathetic to the natural tuning of the sculpture's alluminum plate, so that they make it vibrate and resonate. The effect of the vibrating plate over the ping-pong balls is that some of them bounce in a fixed point...continue here
Carsten Nicolai - syn chron
syn chron 2004
- lightweight structure, steel, aluminum, laser projection, sound system, rubber
- 1250 x 800 x 460cm
The intention of syn chron is to create an integral sculpture of light, sound and architecture. the translucent skin of the crystal-shaped body besides its function to define the spatial structure of the object additionally serves as an interface for a synchronized play of light and sound. the object at the same time is a room for spatial experience, an acoustic resonance body, and a projection surface. the visitor is witness to an interplay of electronic sound – transmitted onto the surface of the crystal shape – and programmed laser beams that are visible both on the out- and the inside. syn chron hereby creates an synaesthetic experience: on the level of human perception space, light and sound blend into each other to form a holistic experience.
Carsten Nicolai is a sound artist that often collaborates with Ryoji Ikeda. He's released numerous electro glitchy albums under the name Alva Noto. Below you can see it in action.
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