Bryan,
This is a question I have often asked of myself. It is all about pushing
boundaries and finding new ways to explore. Below is an excerpt of an
e-mail I sent out to the list a few weeks ago and it pertains to a project I
am currently working on - any assistance or input on this subject would be
greatly appreciated.
I am in the beginning stages of a project in which I will be exploring the
relationship between physical space and sound, and the impact on one's
interpretations of interior architecture as it relates to sound. Part of
what we will be doing is assigning physical relationships between interior
design through the use of AutoCAD, AutoMax, Wavefront, etc. for design and
applying the exact dynamics and methodologies to software such as Acid so
that we may develop an ambient track, for example, and represent that track
physically within the scope of a constructed object.
This is fairly difficult to explain, but your feedback is important.
Essentially, I am assisting a professor in Ohio State's School of
Architecture with this for an exploratory design studio and we are working
out the glitches in order to write a proposal for a grant. Part of the
project will be a live demonstration in a gallery space and a lecture series
for the students. We will, of course, construct molds and build the
structures (think large spiral-like forms made from dhow rods and rice
paper) from the 3D renderings and the musical/sound accompaniment will
assist in trying to elicit a response. A text will be written and,
hopefully, submitted to some major publications for review and possible
publishing (think "Modernism" for example).
My questions pertain to the following:
1) Where would I find similar projects for reference purposes
2) What software would one recommend as the best to be used
3) Web sites, articles, books anyone can recommend
Again, any information provided would be extremely helpful. We have a very
vague scope in terms of this "experiment" and the point is to stimulate the
students and encourage them to think more of THE PROCESS OF THOUGHT AS THE
AESTHETIC INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN AS OPPOSED TO THE PHYSICALITY AND END
RESULT OF THE DESIGN ITSELF. We have thought of taking live recordings of
the project space during the gallery showing and even showing graphical
displays of the same process on an overhead in real time as the event
unfolds.
Again, any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
jstickel
quoted 44 lines From: Bryan Finoki <finoki@lucasarts.com>
>From: Bryan Finoki <finoki@lucasarts.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] Random Inquiries
>Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:11:13 -0700
>
>How much further can electronic music be explored? are we beginning to
>feel
>the claustrophobic nature of the technological limitations, or is there
>infinite breath to express ourselves in them? in places other than
>headphones and club spaces?
>
>Can this music take on higher application to other groups of people outside
>of ourselves, like the blind for example, and serve as alterior sets of
>eyes?
>
>Where do you view the current point of the music's evolution on the
>timeline
>within the genre?
>
>Does the music seem to be boiling down more and more to essentially the
>same
>format, same sounds, same spectrum of experience?
>
>Are we ready for new technology to enable further revolution here? ...
>
>What would be your dream piece of gear, your optimal interface for making
>music? .... the wind, the seismicity of earthquakes?
>
>Where do we hear the limitations in this music, and where still do we see
>room for further exploration?
>
>Are we hearing aggregations of sanitized sound, merely the extent to which
>music can be represented and manipulated through code, have we begun to
>exhaust the idea of sampling, how inevitable is the avant garde doomed for
>the commercial here?
>
>
>i dont know....just wanted to start babbling, i have amuzzle and will put
>it
>on now.
>
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