Cycle 1 (Amy)
Posted: December 14, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Cycle 1: research and experiments, Initial title – ‘the things you don’t see’
October 11th goal: I would like for someone’s presence, just being, to be sensed. They are reacting to the system reacting to them, it’s reciprocated, ongoing. The feedback loop of interaction.
Research: keywords and quotes from Quantum Listening by Pauline Oliveros
- ‘Listening field…’ – pg 13
- ‘Listening to their [audience] listening.’ – pg 16
- ‘Deep listening takes us below the surface of our consciousness and helps to change or dissolve limiting boundaries.’ – pg 38
- ‘What if you could hear the frequency of colors?’ – pg 40
Reflection:
In this initial stage, my desires were a jumble. I had the vague idea of creating an interactive audio-visual installation that ‘woke up’ to physical presence and responded generatively to subtle bodily movements. I was also very intrigued by the concept of deep listening and the philosophy of Pauline Oliveros during this time, particularly, her work ‘Teach yourself to Fly.’ In this work, a group of people sing together, responding to and diverging from the voices of those around them. The result is an organic sound cloud that is ever shifting, highlighting breath, fluidity, and a state of impermanence.
Alex provided guidance by helping me sift through my thoughts and in constructing a clear directive. The first was – how do I use the Orbbec to pick up movement and how is that reflected through programming in Isadora? Second – how do I transfer this response onto a lightbulb using a DMX box? Third – how does the motion translate or manipulate sound output?
In Cycle 1, I programmed the bare bones of motion and sound reactivity in Isadora. AND got the lightbulbs to work, yay!