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closer then farther away
closer then farther away | Kinetic sound sculpture. 2015 | 2 Lavalier microphones, speaker cone, 3D printed stands, 2 stepper motors, electronics, custom software, acrylic. Amplification bridges physical distance (from my phone, to a satellite, to your phone), while simultaneously reminding us of its limitations as a…
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A Field Recording Gear List, Based on Interviews with 26 Recordists
Paul Virostek has been doing a very nice interview series at his site Creative Field Recording, talking with several field recordists, mostly about the gear they use and their processes, techniques, etc. There’s also another two posts from there: a roundup post comparing and relating their…
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electromechanical litophone
bespoke Electromechanical Instrument built as part of a dissertation undertaken on the Creative Music Technology degree course at Staffordshire University. the instrument uses the Maxuino software protocol to interface Max/msp with an arduino. Without Maxuino and specifically the help of one of its lead developers,…
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Music and the Myth of Wholeness: Toward a New Aesthetic Paradigm Tim Hodgkinson In this book, Tim Hodgkinson proposes a theory of aesthetics and music grounded in the boundary between nature and culture within the human being. His analysis discards the conventional idea of the…
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ke i te ki
Japanese sound artists Akio Suzuki and Aki Onda present a unique opportunity to experience the innovative artists’ sonic and spatial explorations. Though they differ in generation and performance practice, the NYC-based Onda (b. 1967) and the Kyotango-based Suzuki (b. 1941) share an astonishingly inventive, open-ended,…
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Sound Thought 2016 – Dialogues: Sound and Music across the Arts, Call for Papers/Works
University of Glasgow has announced a new edition of Sound Thought, its annual postgraduate festival dedicated to exhibit theoretical and practical works of researchers and contemporary practitioners whose work intersects music, sound and other art forms. “Sound Thought offers postgraduate researchers the opportunity to present…
