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There's an artist called Øystein Wyller Odden that works with mains hum. I find it pretty fascinating: Kraftbalanse is a musical translation of the hum from th
by unvs 4y ago
There's an artist called Øystein Wyller Odden that works with mains hum. I find it pretty fascinating:
Kraftbalanse is a musical translation of the hum from the mains; i. e. the frequency of the alternating current. The piece is based on the fact that this frequency is not stable, it fluctuates subtly around 50 Hz as a direct result of supply and demand in the power market.
The composition consists of a self-resonating piano that is tuned to resonate on 50 hz and overtones of 50 hz (100 Hz, 150 Hz, 200 Hz etc.) The piano is fitted with vibration-elements – transducers – plugged directly into the electrical grid, causing the resonance and timbre of the piano to change with the fluctuations on the power market.
The piano is accompanied by a string octet. The musicians are equipped with voltmeters that measure the frequency of the current in real time, as well as a score of instructions on how to respond to changes in this frequency.
https://vimeo.com/370554138 https://vimeo.com/370554138
- Waterluvian 4y agoI was expecting one of those music YouTubes where they take some sample and process it so much that it doesn’t really matter what the sample even was. But I’m pleasantly shocked (ha!) They really evoke the feeling of electricity. It reminded me of the soundtrack to the Chernobyl miniseries. It’s… powerful and eerie and calmly, effortlessly, sluggishly intimidating.
- rzzzt 4y agoYou can also hear it around 3:00 and towards the end, while the artist talks about the work: https://youtu.be/I_BanULj8wk https://youtu.be/I_BanULj8wk
- huehehue 4y agoThis is awesome. I've been kicking around the idea of a notation/composition system that uses external forces (temperature, moon phase, time, etc) as live input but prior research is a bit hard to come by. Feeding signal into e.g. a guitar pedal is easy enough, but mutating an entire orchestra in real time is a different beast. If anyone knows of similar works I'd be grateful for links.
- AlecSchueler 4y agoThe ease of feeding it into something like an orchestra varies depending on the granularity of your input. Moon phase for example can be divided into four weekly states which can be rehearsed prior to the event, whereas ambient humidity for example might change much more. The only thing that comes to my mind as prior art would be the Tierkreis by Karlheinz Stockhausen, which has a variable order of composite parts depending on the time of year. I'm sure that's the world of music you could look towards to find further inspiration. Please share any results you come up with here, it sounds very interesting indeed!
- rapjr9 4y agoThe Weather Warlock at Epsilon Spires in Brattleboro, Vermont uses weather sensors to drive an analog audio synthesizer: https://www.epsilonspires.org/permanent-installations https://www.epsilonspires.org/permanent-installations There are a few other Weather Warlock installations around the USA.
- mechanical_bear 4y agoUgh. Login to watch. Hard no. Too bad, seems interesting.
- sillysaurusx 4y agoOdd, I was able to watch it without logging in. (It is!)
- Retr0id 4y agoI wonder if it's based on geolocation. I'm being forced to log in, in the UK. I've noticed sites increasingly doing this to UK audiences, despite the fact that, iiuc, the draconian age-gate legislation hasn't actually landed yet.
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- causality0 4y agoWhy is Vimeo always the chosen venue for projects like this? Frankly this might be the most grounded thing I've ever seen on Vimeo.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoMore control over your content with the caveat being you have to pay them for the service.
- causality0 4y agoAlso probably fewer people in the comments telling you your art project that breaks eggs whenever the stock market falls is "stupid and gay".
- magicalhippo 4y agoThe record is being released in just a few days, for those that enjoyed it: https://www.sofamusic.no/album/kraftbalanse https://www.sofamusic.no/album/kraftbalanse
- thih9 4y ago> Video is not rated. Log in to watch. Is there a way to watch the video without logging in? I tried multiple browsers and still hit the login wall.
- tiborsaas 4y agoWeird, I'm logged out and lets me play it. On related videos I got that prompt, refreshing the page solved it.