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Rhythm Machine.
Story Box Could the use of sound raise our awareness of everyday things? The things which surround us come to us in a ready-to-use, manufactured state; we don't care where they come from or how they've been processed. Imagine things being capable of telling their own stories – history, memory, biography; imagine plugging into the things at your workspace (let's say your desk, chair, computer for a start) – what were your expectations, and what are the actual sounds and stories of these objects like? To prototype my idea, I manufactured a little wooden box to tell its stories. Two different soundsets for this object were created, the first one providing the player/listener with a rhythmic 'view from the inside' of the material (rhythms of sounds happening between the tree being planted and the wooden product being manufactured); the second one providing a narrative 'view from the outside' towards wood (different people telling their very own stories about wood). Technically, the 10x10cm box is equipped with a speaker inside and an LDR on each side; by taking and turning it you will trigger and mix the sounds and stories. (input: LDR -> BASIC Stamp Chip -> serial communication -> Macromedia Director -> output: speaker) |
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