Beacon - ODA Proposal for London
2012 Olympics
'Beacon' comprises of a series of 216 sound and light beacons
/ wind powered lanterns along the four miles of the Greenway.
Individually accessible via the web and on site, they relay
one word messages between the site and the web and then sequence
them along the run of beacons. As a word is relayed, the spinning
lanterns emit an arc of light with the sound bite and send it
to the next lantern/beacon in the sequence. The beacons connect
all nations by facilitating simple and complex conversations,
to produce an indefinite, gently flickering composition of light
and messages.
More info to be posted when available.
The Digital Tea Party - Collaboration between Experimenter
En Couleur, Creatmosphere and Shroomstudio.
A dynamic installation of immersive media, referring to the
house of the future. It explores digital tracking and computer
technology to control our local environment through interaction
with lo-fi inanimate objects.
The Digital Tea Party evolves with the moving of the tea set,
to control lighting,video and sound together. Visitors are directed
to take a cup labeled 'fill me' and make a tea. The act of placing
a cup on the table projects a wallpaper layer representing the
cups pattern, starts a video sequence of a view through a window,
initiates a sound and sets the ambient light. Pouring and drinking
produces some surprise outcomes, whilst manipulation of crockery
on the table allows users to tune their environment, dramatically
shifting the colour, texture, sound and ambiance. Over time
the environment develops from an ever changing and reacting
new interior space until the cup labeled 'don't drink me' is
used.
Experience The Digital Tea Party at Tent
Digital, Tent London, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, EC1V 9LT
and the Din-Collective's showing's at Shunt,
London Bridge.
For more information about this project and its various guises,
visit Digital
Tea.
Generative Outside Inside
A project that transforms a typical London house through weather
patterns. A one year construction/structure-heavy build, that
takes its evolving ambience from the elements generative processes.
Glass, natural light, artificial light and precipitation are
used to transform internal surfaces and our perception of the
space we are in.
More photos and video to be added when available.
Form, Colour and Time Paper
Other than progress on the musical compositions, Experimenter
En Couleur is writing an essay called 'Form, Colour & Time'.
The essay analyses the inner dynamics of form, colour and time
in music, with reference to the writings of noteable artists
and experiments into human perception view
writings
See-So Installation
Related to 'Form, Colour And Time', a new project is now in
full flow to develop a device with which one can paint sound
in real time. This will enable the marking of a digital canvas,
to produce abstract films, at the same time playing a sound
according to the form and colour frequency of the mark made
on the canvas. Thus a musical composition is formed with and
from the visual. The process will then be reversed, so performing
music will create accurate accompanying visual representations.
This will form installation and performance pieces in the future.
798
Factory Installation for DIAF 2007 Beijing
The first collaboration for several years has Experimenter En
Couleur working with sound artist and improvisor Yan Jun,
on a site specific piece relating to the 798
Factory/Dashanzi Art Project in Beijing. The piece refers
to the history of the district by taking live signals from remnants
of the original services/ductwork that form the axis into the
site. Mechanical devices and generative computer based machines
will affect the mood of visitors to the exhibition. Zafka has
since joined the project and the three will work together until
completion.
Avenue of pipes leading from 798 Factory - photo by Yan Jun
Pipes within the tunnel - photo by Zafka
Sketch plan of installation axis - Experimenter En Couleur
Evolution Synthetica
Having presented two shows of Evolution Synthetica at the Victoria
and Albert Museum with Shroomstudio, Experimenter En Couleur
continues to develop connections and interactivity between the
live organisms of the performance and the digital domain. (Evolution
Synthetica is a symbiotic performance of evolving sound and
image. Live experiments describing evolutionary processes use
generative sound synthesis, microscopy, macro footage and live
generative digital animation to create a sensory spectacle bridging
art and science).
Preparation, Raphael Room, V & A Museum - photo by Simon
Ansell
Photos of preparation by Alexis Bamforth, and event by Sebastian
Potter and Simon Ansell
