Yesterday I went to Space for the presentation of Simon Blackmore end of Permaculture residency. Although the presentation was a bit unprepared and unstructured we got to see some of his work. One project he showed I found quite interesting was the Sound Lathe by the Owl Project (of which Simon is a member).
"Sound Lathe is a new piece of work by the Owl Project that explores of the sonic properties of woodwork.The Sound Lathe produces audio data, saw dust, noise and wood chippings. With this human powered machine, turned spindles are shaped into complex sounds such as tones, glitches and beats.." It is interesting because it combines a very physical procedure with the production of electronic music. Contrary to what often happens with experimental electronic music gigs where the musician sits in front of his screen and the audience tries to guess whether he is actually doing anything or playing a tune from VLC, in this case the musician performs. The performance required an important physical effort and it involves also the modeling of wood. I found this intersection quite inspiring. There is a more information at their website, including videos and documentation: http://www.owlproject.com/ -- Olga http://www.ungravitational.net http://virtualfirefly.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
