the opening :) and after
photos taken by the websites: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyebeam/sets/72157606224031259/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/818806@N23/ and video documentation here: http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=CG07JRI8beg
close to an end
two days before the show and building…
second week progress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1duI1lnZQ_8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO5PBJmqKGE sat 5th july My goal for today is to create an accurate wind chime using Absynth. We messed around with quite a few options so far and know what it is we like, now I just need to figure out how to create that sound. Once this is done I hope to get … Read more
context :: purpose :: medium
context :: In the course of history wind chimes have been used in different contexts. They have been used for therapeutic purposes as their soothing sounds are considered to dissolve stress and anger. Moreover, in some cultures they have been used to attract so called benevolent spirits. Their most practical use has been to forecast … Read more
first week’s progress
fri 27th june brainstorming: team talking about stuff and the idea about the fan solidifies sat 28th june we sorted out the system and decided upon schedule-materials-resources-software sun 29th june rain falling and watching the game with lucas and alex… and then walking over the brooklyn bridge and eating mexican food! mon 30th june without … Read more
the evolution of the patches
Yesterday we built the wooden frame necessary to hold the mini mac and the speakers, following the installation plans I designed in the beginning. We also achieved to get a working max/msp patch, however only for one of the wiimotes (in the pics below you see Benedetta testing out the wiimote). Today we managed to … Read more
Max/MSP 2nd phase
I will start by working with sound files, rather than notes. I intend on manipulating sound files and the way they are triggered, using the three axis of the wii remote controls. I will be using a threshold in x, y, z, above and below which the three sound files will be triggered. This choice … Read more
tryouts with Max/MSP
My first attempts with Max/MSP. I have taken the patch aka.wiiremote found in this address, http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_wiiremote and have added a few objects that trigger a note and/or a sound sample, to see which resembles more to the notes of a metal wind chime. None is really close, so I am looking for notes, coming from … Read more
Wii/nd Chime: project description
:: thoughts : In an attempt to address the issue of the fake entering the realm of the real, I turned towards the notion of the simulacrum and the process of simulation leading to a reality without reference to real signs (Jean Baudrillard, 1994). In simulation, nothing is represented with respect to real signs; they … Read more
