Monday 30 March 2009
Saturday 28 March 2009
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Saturday 7 March 2009
CSM - Design for Performance and Set Show
Went to see this show designed by a good friend, Lauren Glasgow.
There was a cooperation between CSM and London Studio Center students.
The choreography was quite interesting, a couple of pretty original moves in each performance, kinda hard to explain though.
The costumes were pretty nice too.
Anyways it kinda fits with the project.
The designers and choreographers were asked to interpret the 'city skyline' into dance and props.
It's quite an abstract subject to dance to.
Using crumbling costumes and city-themed melodies, the show was quite enjoyable (and just short enough so I didn't lose interest).
There was a cooperation between CSM and London Studio Center students.
The choreography was quite interesting, a couple of pretty original moves in each performance, kinda hard to explain though.
The costumes were pretty nice too.
Anyways it kinda fits with the project.
The designers and choreographers were asked to interpret the 'city skyline' into dance and props.
It's quite an abstract subject to dance to.
Using crumbling costumes and city-themed melodies, the show was quite enjoyable (and just short enough so I didn't lose interest).
Friday 6 March 2009
SPS - 3D Visualisation
The blueprints will hopefully be here soon..
Basically the idea is to take the model of the SPS like seen above and make a whole (person-sized) structure from it.
The idea is that there will be microphones in all four corners of the room/location, as well as one on the roof. The structure will have a screen facing each of those directions. In the structure there will be a database of sound recognition and images that go with the specific sound, which will be revealed on the screen facing that particular way.
For the braille (so blind people can enjoy it too!) there can be a small reel under the screen that turns appropriately and spells out the sound (in words obv).
The pieces will thus interact with its environment.
Braille Alphabet
The alphabet.
Might have to use this if I'll continue the idea for the SPS for blind people too.
A world without sound
How would the world look (or sound...haha) without sound?
In our modern society, do we actually need sound?
I mean, communication-wise, we don't really need sound.. and alright you'll get the usual arguments of 'but i'll DIE without music' and stuff, but obv thats just silly.
People type faster then they can speak (well i do at least) so we could all walk around with those tiny computers basically talking in txts and chat windows, even in real life..
There would be no sound pollution and stress would def go down.
The only sounds that should come through are alarms (like fire/ambulance/police) and the only people that might have a problem with this (although it could technically be mended) are blind and dyslexic people.
on the plus-side, it would allow the language boundaries to be broken (our own personal chat windows could include language translations so).
In our modern society, do we actually need sound?
I mean, communication-wise, we don't really need sound.. and alright you'll get the usual arguments of 'but i'll DIE without music' and stuff, but obv thats just silly.
People type faster then they can speak (well i do at least) so we could all walk around with those tiny computers basically talking in txts and chat windows, even in real life..
There would be no sound pollution and stress would def go down.
The only sounds that should come through are alarms (like fire/ambulance/police) and the only people that might have a problem with this (although it could technically be mended) are blind and dyslexic people.
on the plus-side, it would allow the language boundaries to be broken (our own personal chat windows could include language translations so).
SPS
Following the couple of ideas i had earlier, i decided to consider mapping but with sound..
basically, the SPS: Sound Positioning System.
A specific (very specific) location will have one 'key' at a specific (again, very specific) time.
So for example, at [12:10 sitting at the far end table at the LCC canteen] would be a 'key'.
Because sound/noise is everywhere/every time it is quite hard to map, although i guess conceptually it'll be visually pleasing and entertaining.
The SPS could even be adapted to, for example, blind people: including braille on the key and having a couple of keys for the blind persons direct environment..
basically, the SPS: Sound Positioning System.
A specific (very specific) location will have one 'key' at a specific (again, very specific) time.
So for example, at [12:10 sitting at the far end table at the LCC canteen] would be a 'key'.
Because sound/noise is everywhere/every time it is quite hard to map, although i guess conceptually it'll be visually pleasing and entertaining.
The SPS could even be adapted to, for example, blind people: including braille on the key and having a couple of keys for the blind persons direct environment..
Monday 2 March 2009
Sunday 1 March 2009
Elite Beat Agents
So yeah, came across this really fun game... Basically you follow certain patterns on your DS screen with the beat. So you can kinda make sound visible through patterns!
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