Flicker is an immersive electronic environment of generative image and sound. A collaborative work with Oliver Bown. Based on biological models of firefly behaviour, Flicker generates an ever shifting rhythmic, meditative environment to the viewer.
Flicker uses 4 channels of synchronised high definition video and 8 channels of sound to immerse the viewer in a phenomenologically rich environment of artificial life.This video shows a computer generated simulation of the final work. [1]
More work by Jon McCormack.
Slow-Fi is a generative self correcting audio/visual environment. Original concept and software by Jason Soares 2004. Modified in 2009 by Jason Soares & JFRE Coad. Download for Mac/PC. Slow-Fi EP release August 24th, 2010 on imputor? Records.
Once running, the emitter (pulsing circle) will launch hexagon shapes from itself. These hexagons with be assigned a random note and will move around randomly and intermittently. If a hexagon moves onto the emitter, it will kill that hexagon and launch two new hexagons in its place. There are three lines in the upper left corner which show the status of the system. The middle light grey line represents the current amount of hexagons. The left and right dark grey lines are the randomly chosen maximum and minimum triggers for the emitter to react to. Once the amount of hexagons reaches the maximum amount (left line), the emitter will start moving around the screen bouncing off the walls at different random speeds and directions killing off hexagons. It will do this until it reaches the minimum amount (right line). Then new amounts will be chosen and the process will start over. [1]
Given sufficient time, oxygen, and water, any iron mass eventually converts entirely to rust and disintegrates.
-WikipediaThe sound was created using Supercollider, Max/MSP and Pro Tools. The video was shot on a Sanyo HD camcorder, processed in Jitter, and edited in Final Cut Pro. [1]
This is such a bizarre, unique little project that I had to post it. The sound in the video is really quiet, so turn your speakers up.
Each point on the clothe is responsible for one sine wave instrument. It’s position and movement cause the pitch of that particular instrument to change. The counter at the bottom is how many xmlHttpRequests have been sent. The cloth demo was stolen from http://js1k.com/demo/434 and http://www.andrew-hoyer.com/experiments/cloth Source code: http://github.com/abramhindle/mongrel2-musical-relay. [1]
Jon Weinel brings us this interesting electroacoustic piece without giving us very much information about it.
Drone audio-visual piece from 2005/2006. [1]
Instrument for Unsent Letters is a sound installation that addresses issues concerning the convergence of privacy, social networking and space awareness. Unsent letters from strangers are collected through a blog where people write entries dedicated to someone in an anonymous way. They are then published in the form of audio clips as part of the installation. The strumming of five string instruments, by servomotors, controls the play back of the narrations. A typewriter acts as an interface each of its keys is connected to a switch that triggers the movement of the motors. [1]