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=== cascada - sound installation // [[User:R dh|Ruben Dhers]] ===
=== cascada - sound installation // [[User:R dh|Ruben Dhers]] ===
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[[File:Ruben Dhers cascada 1.jpg|thumb|500px|Cascada - 2011<br />Mixed media: prepared steel-string acoustic guitars, fabric, motors, speakers and computer.<br />Dimensions variables.<br />ZKM Institut für Musik und Akustik. Karlsruhe 2011<br />]]
Cascada  is  a  sound  installation  for  prepared  guitars  and  fans  that  musically  interprets  the  sound of  a  waterfall  and  seeks  to  approach  the  vital  irregularities  that  characterise  natural  events.  In  so doing,  Cascada  resizes  the  sound  potential  of  an acoustic  instrument  and creates  a  sound  architecture that only exists in the music of the installation.
Cascada is a sound installation for prepared guitars and fans that musically interprets the sound of a waterfall and seeks to approach the vital irregularities that characterise natural events. In so doing, Cascada resizes the sound potential of an acoustic instrument and creates a sound architecture that only exists in the music of the installation.
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[[File:Ruben Dhers cascada 1.jpg|center|thumb|500px|Cascada - 2011<br />Mixed media: prepared steel-string acoustic guitars, <br />
fabric, motors, speakers and computer.<br />
Dimensions variables.<br />
ZKM Institut für Musik und Akustik. Karlsruhe 2011<br />]]
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The installation works with the amplified natural sound of the guitars without any kind of audio processing. Computer controlled hanging and placed fans (dc motors) strum the strings with variable intensity. The space is filled with a mass of harmonics and chords that suggest no beginning or end. Cascada drives the listener to a contemplative state.
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[[File:Ruben Dhers cascada 2.jpg|left|thumb|390px]]
[[File:Ruben Dhers cascada 3.jpg|right|thumb|315px|© ZKM Institut für Musik und Akustik]]


The installation works with the amplified natural sound of the guitars without any kind of audio processing. Computer controlled hanging and placed fans (dc motors) strum the strings with variable intensity. The space is filled with a mass of harmonics and chords that suggest no beginning or end. Cascada drives the listener to a contemplative state.
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===Sketches===
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File:Guit 1.JPG|1
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File:Guit 2.JPG|2
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===[[Pure Data]] + [[Arduino]]===
The Pd patch controls the speed of each fan separately. This works randomly, but partly limited in order to generate polyrhythmic patterns and dynamics. Slow changes happen approximately every five minutes.


'''sketches before the installation :'''
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file:Guit 1.JPG|1
File:Ruben Dhers cascada 4.jpg|Arduino
file:Guit 2.JPG|2
File:Ruben Dhers cascada 5.jpg|Pure Data Patch
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[[File:Ruben Dhers cascada 4.jpg|left|thumb|390px]]
[[File:Ruben Dhers cascada 5.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
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Pure Data +  Arduino:
The PD patch controls the speed of each fan separa-
tely. This works randomly, but partly limited in order
to generate polyrhythmic patterns and dynamics. Slow
changes happen approximately every five minutes.
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Latest revision as of 12:38, 17 September 2011

cascada - sound installation // Ruben Dhers

Cascada - 2011
Mixed media: prepared steel-string acoustic guitars, fabric, motors, speakers and computer.
Dimensions variables.
ZKM Institut für Musik und Akustik. Karlsruhe 2011

Cascada is a sound installation for prepared guitars and fans that musically interprets the sound of a waterfall and seeks to approach the vital irregularities that characterise natural events. In so doing, Cascada resizes the sound potential of an acoustic instrument and creates a sound architecture that only exists in the music of the installation.

The installation works with the amplified natural sound of the guitars without any kind of audio processing. Computer controlled hanging and placed fans (dc motors) strum the strings with variable intensity. The space is filled with a mass of harmonics and chords that suggest no beginning or end. Cascada drives the listener to a contemplative state.


Sketches

Pure Data + Arduino

The Pd patch controls the speed of each fan separately. This works randomly, but partly limited in order to generate polyrhythmic patterns and dynamics. Slow changes happen approximately every five minutes.


<videoflash type=vimeo>27113321|437|300</videoflash>