made with vvvv,
by
Paul Schengber
Emma Chapuy
Felix Deufel

.inf is an abstract and constantly changing visualization of data, taken in real-time from current weather situations on earth.
Incoming data like humidity, temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, wind direction and cloudiness at a special location causes change of the position, speed, lighting and colouring of two million virtual points, floating inside a three dimensional space.
Atmospheric noise, which is taken through online radio transmission is used for the sound synthesis. This data, taken in real-time, switches randomly between different places and their existing weather situations on earth.
This causes unpredictable images.
Every frame of the resulting image and representation of the sound is unique and not reproducible.
High differences in the values, by switching randomly between different current weather situations of specific locations can trigger interrupting events, phases and flickering effects in the image and sound.
The endless generative visual and sound patterns in which one can easily lose themself, leaves the viewers and listeners with a different perception of time and a third person view.

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AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION
FOAM CORE, MIRRORS, LIGHT, SOUND.

A collaboration with Shawn “Jay Z” Carter, commissioned by Barneys New York

Art Director: Joanie Lemercier
Technical designer and developer: Kyle McDonald
Sound designer: Thomas Vaquié
Producers: Julia Kaganskiy & Juliette Bibasse

http://joanielemercier.com/quartz/

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Documentation of an audiovisual performance for radio telescope, artificial intelligence and self-playing organ.

Located outside of the venue, the radio telescope listens to the vastness of space. The received electromagnetic waves are transferred to the audible frequency range. Electronic noises, hums and beeps fill the air. An algorithm transcribes the noise of the universe into midi tones, which are reproduced by the organ with the help of an electronic apparatus. During the play various selection and filtering methods (e.g. specific artificial intelligences) are applied in a determined order, serving as a kind of score and dividing the piece into three main chapters. The artists on stage have a set of parameters available to respond live to the incoming signals, using both the radio telescope and the AI as musical instruments. On the floating canvas above the stage, the sounds turn into abstract images, into a visual representation of what is heard.
Little by little, neural networks take control over the organ and seek for known harmonies in these non-worldly noises, for the smallest traces of human music. In the last chapter, ideas of melodies evolve as the artificial intelligence begins to fantasize about familiar tunes in these archaic sounds from outer space.

In collaboration with Christian Losert.

Thanks to Sebastian Müllauer for the telescope and Klaus Holzapfel for his Orgamat.

Duration: 25 - 35 minutes

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http://www.didif.it/scs/the-target/