Category: Personal Exhibiting

My idea:

By using the combination of a Bela board and Pure Data, I thought of building a panel that the visitors can manipulate through the touch of their hands. This gives the audience the opportunity to create a performance.

I made the sequencer using euclidian rhythms and markov chains, probability and other generative/algorithmic techniques. For the synth I wanted it to be sort of organic sounding, so I used Karplus-Strong synthesis to replicate the sound of a string being plucked. By then using the bela board this patch is being.

My idea came from my trip to Barcelona and being inspired by their architecture. I started reading about how architecture can influence our subconscious and I saw how architects planned their buildings to allow its inhabitants to avoid feelings of loneliness. This idea inspired me very much since this proposal is meant to be installed in the gallery, using the tools of an architect to control ‘time and space’. I wanted to make a panel that visitors could interact with and make a positive impact on them afterwards. By creating a synthesiser which generatively creates melodies which are pleasant to listen to, I think the visitors would appreciate the possibilities of improvising with just their hands.

Tech needed:

• Bela board and components
• Table for the panel
• Panel
• Stereo active monitors. Example : Yamaha HS7

Performance:

I would like to make a live improvisation performance using Pure Data to sequence a Digitakt using the generative sequencer I’ve built, making some sort of ambient Techno/IDM set.

Pure Data Patches:

Generative Sequencer

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Karplus-Strong Synth

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Position in the Gallery (Gallery 1,3 or 4)

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October 30, Hackney Wick.

Travis and I, performed at the first edition of the RoundMouth Festival.

It was our very first collaborative project, and I also worked as an audio engineer and managed the venue’s studio equipment, performances and technical issues.

Travis had at first requested me to re-do certain elements of his original material, so I did some sound design, drums and transitions between the tracks using Ableton and a drum machine. We practiced many sessions in M108.

Whilst Travis performed, I was live-mixing the tracks and vocals. There were some issues along the way that I faced. One of them was the constant changing of volumes between the songs, which meant that I had to keep adjusting the whole sound system of the place. The subwoofers were not making any bass as well and so I felt like I was in a constant fight with the sound system. Yet, this was such a fantastic learning experience despite problems with the sound quality not being up to my expectations. We managed to make the audience enjoy the show and that’s the most important part.