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frequencies (a) by Nicolas Bernier is a sound performance combining the sound of mechanically triggered tuning forks with pure digital soundwaves. Nicolas is triggering sequences from the computer, activating solenoids that hit the tuning forks with high precision. Streams of light burst in synchronicity with the forks, creating a not-quite-minimal sound and light composition.
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All is Full of Love - a talk I gave at UX Brighton 2012
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A stretched sheet of spandex acts as a membrane interface sensitive to depth that people can push into and create fire-like visuals and expressively play music.
Firewall by Aaron Sherwood and Mike Allison
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“All my relations to aesthetical decisions always go back to musical thinking, either active in that I played a musical instrument or theoretical in that I see my art as visual music… I was very impressed by Anton Webern’s music from the 1920s where for the first time I realized that space, the pause, became as important to the musical construct as the sound itself. So there are these two poles, one and zero.”
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“Rihanna’s performance of “Diamonds” on Saturday Night Live this weekend took most people by surprise, mainly because she was singing in front of a green screen instead of the show’s usual stage for musical guests. A small number of Web artists were in for a bigger surprise, though, as their visual aesthetic was co-opted entirely by the singer without consultation or credit.”
Web Artists Are Furious At Rihanna And Azealia Banks (via Steph)
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“In what could have been a risky move; the members of the band only gave the link of the site to one fan. It didn’t stay that way for long though, the fan quickly passed it on and as each new person streamed and shared the link on social media – a fresh new beam of bright light appeared on the darkly hued world map. With each interaction, beams were reaching out from the source and ending with the recipient; some crossed countries, whilst others spanned oceans and continents.”
Under The Hood of The XX ‘Coexist’ Album Sharing visualisation.
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Microsonic Landscapes by Realitat is a project to visualise albums with a physical form.
They say it “proposes a new spatial and unique journey by transforming sound into matter/space: the hidden into something visible.”
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Little Boxes by Joelle Aeschlimann (ECAL) is a music box concept for iPad. It consists of a tangible part composed of three separate music boxes that interact with an iPad and an application.
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“Coldplay has been turning their audience into interactive participants at recent concerts by handing them Xylobands, LED-illuminated wristbands that can be activated all at once using a radio signal.”
