A documentary film detailing the sound installation Variable 4 at Snape Maltings, Suffolk. Variable 4 is an 8-speaker outdoor sound installation which translates weather conditions into musical patterns in real time. Using meteorological sensors connected to a custom software environment, the weather itself acts as conductor, navigating through a map of 24 specifically-written movements. Every aspect of the piece, from broad harmonic progressions down to individual notes and timbres is influenced by changes in the environment: wind speed, rainfall, solar radiation, humidity, tropospheric variance, temperature, and more. Linking together the sensor data and scored motifs are arrays of algorithmic processes drawn from the natural world, modelling phenomena such as tree growth, swarm theory and evolutionary development. The resultant composition is performed over a 24 hour duration through a field of 8 speakers integrated into the landscape. All audio material in this video was recorded onsite using a stereo shotgun microphone and is unaltered (other than fades between scenes). Variable 4, by artists James Bulley and Daniel Jones was installed at Snape Maltings from midday Saturday May 28th - midday Sunday May 29th 2011 as part of the Faster Than Sound 'Soundfields' festival. For more information please see: variable4.org.uk - twitter.com/variable4 Video footage: Drew Cox (drewcox.co.uk) jjbdjj.com
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Variable 4: Snape Maltings Installation
Variable 4: Snape Maltings Installation Video Clips. Duration : 6.35 Mins.
A documentary film detailing the sound installation Variable 4 at Snape Maltings, Suffolk. Variable 4 is an 8-speaker outdoor sound installation which translates weather conditions into musical patterns in real time. Using meteorological sensors connected to a custom software environment, the weather itself acts as conductor, navigating through a map of 24 specifically-written movements. Every aspect of the piece, from broad harmonic progressions down to individual notes and timbres is influenced by changes in the environment: wind speed, rainfall, solar radiation, humidity, tropospheric variance, temperature, and more. Linking together the sensor data and scored motifs are arrays of algorithmic processes drawn from the natural world, modelling phenomena such as tree growth, swarm theory and evolutionary development. The resultant composition is performed over a 24 hour duration through a field of 8 speakers integrated into the landscape. All audio material in this video was recorded onsite using a stereo shotgun microphone and is unaltered (other than fades between scenes). Variable 4, by artists James Bulley and Daniel Jones was installed at Snape Maltings from midday Saturday May 28th - midday Sunday May 29th 2011 as part of the Faster Than Sound 'Soundfields' festival. For more information please see: variable4.org.uk - twitter.com/variable4 Video footage: Drew Cox (drewcox.co.uk) jjbdjj.com
A documentary film detailing the sound installation Variable 4 at Snape Maltings, Suffolk. Variable 4 is an 8-speaker outdoor sound installation which translates weather conditions into musical patterns in real time. Using meteorological sensors connected to a custom software environment, the weather itself acts as conductor, navigating through a map of 24 specifically-written movements. Every aspect of the piece, from broad harmonic progressions down to individual notes and timbres is influenced by changes in the environment: wind speed, rainfall, solar radiation, humidity, tropospheric variance, temperature, and more. Linking together the sensor data and scored motifs are arrays of algorithmic processes drawn from the natural world, modelling phenomena such as tree growth, swarm theory and evolutionary development. The resultant composition is performed over a 24 hour duration through a field of 8 speakers integrated into the landscape. All audio material in this video was recorded onsite using a stereo shotgun microphone and is unaltered (other than fades between scenes). Variable 4, by artists James Bulley and Daniel Jones was installed at Snape Maltings from midday Saturday May 28th - midday Sunday May 29th 2011 as part of the Faster Than Sound 'Soundfields' festival. For more information please see: variable4.org.uk - twitter.com/variable4 Video footage: Drew Cox (drewcox.co.uk) jjbdjj.com
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