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==The technique behind it== | |||
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As a webcam film live the performer's motion, a Max MSP patch compares the image it receives with the previous one, generating a number of the amount of pixel difference. This number controls the air pump, turning it on or off as it reaches a threshold. | |||
== | A photosensor calculated the amount of light emitted by the algae. This number is then use in Max MSP to trigger notes on a keyboard; the higher the amount of light, the higher the note. The light also affects the tempo of the music as it slows it down when the amount increases and speeds it up when it decreases. | ||
The research and experimentations for the installation was divided in two main parts and were also made within the frame of two other classes. To access the full documentation of these researches, follow the links below: | |||
* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:DIY_Bio:_doing_things_with_biology/Frederic_Blais-Belanger The cultivation and understanding of the Pyrocystis Fusiformis] | |||
* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Connecting_Max_to_the_World/Frederic_Blais-Belanger The elaboration of a communication platform between human and algae] | |||
==The growth of the project== | |||
For this project, I want to create a platform where ''Pyrocystis fusiformis'' and the viewer will be able to socially interact by the forms of sound and dance. Navigating Donna Haraway idea of making kin with the Earth-bounded, I aim to bring the viewer to looking at the micro-organism in a different way, and making them both work in symbiosis. | For this project, I want to create a platform where ''Pyrocystis fusiformis'' and the viewer will be able to socially interact by the forms of sound and dance. Navigating Donna Haraway idea of making kin with the Earth-bounded, I aim to bring the viewer to looking at the micro-organism in a different way, and making them both work in symbiosis. | ||
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This feedback loop will thus become a conversation that, like dance, will demand a mutual respect from both parties and a constant attention to the partner in order to find a certain synchronism. | This feedback loop will thus become a conversation that, like dance, will demand a mutual respect from both parties and a constant attention to the partner in order to find a certain synchronism. | ||
==Inspirations and References== | ==Inspirations and References== | ||