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== Project Overview ==
== Project Overview ==
I am building an installation environment using sound and video. The project is composed with Pure Data and a live feed from a microscope. I create a sound in PD that vibrates my petri dish/microscope and this moving image creates additional sound. This becomes a circular loops of sound generation which cuts off at a certain decibel level.


I am building an installation environment using sound and video. The project is composed with Pure Data and a live feed from a microscope. I create a sound in PD that vibrates my petri dish/microscope and this moving image creates additional sound. This becomes a circular loops of sound generation which cuts off at a certain decibel level.
Here is an example of what the microscopic video of sawdust and pondwater looks like:


Here is an example of what the microscopic video of sawdust and pondwater looks like;
<videoflash type=vimeo>55232052|420|280</videoflash>
<videoflash type=vimeo>55232052|420|280</videoflash>


== Installation Outline & Sketches ==
== Installation Outline & Sketches ==
During some experimentation in the studio I observed that the microscope is very sensitive to movement. I would like to install my microscope onto a sub-woofer with a petri dish on it. The petri dish will have a mixture of pond water and sawdust. The vibrations in the petri dish will create an analog reactive visual feedback to a sound source that is played. This will be presented as a stand-alone video and sound installation.
During some experimentation in the studio I observed that the microscope is very sensitive to movement. I would like to install my microscope onto a sub-woofer with a petri dish on it. The petri dish will have a mixture of pond water and sawdust. The vibrations in the petri dish will create an analog reactive visual feedback to a sound source that is played. This will be presented as a stand-alone video and sound installation.


[[File:Subwoofer_microscopy.jpg|450px]]
[[File:Subwoofer microscopy.jpg|450px]]
 
== Final Documentation ==


==Final Documentation ==
After presenting my project in it's later stages to the class I decided to make some adjustments. The idea of the petri dish tracking blobs is an interesting controller mechanism but conceptually it had little meaning. I didn't want to limit myself by the constraints of budget so I have gone ahead and created plans for building and installing this installation.
After presenting my project in it's later stages to the class I decided to make some adjustments. The idea of the petri dish tracking blobs is an interesting controller mechanism but conceptually it had little meaning. I didn't want to limit myself by the constraints of budget so I have gone ahead and created plans for building and installing this installation.
[[File:Subwoofer_microscopy.jpg|450px]]


== Documentation: Final Project ==
== Documentation: Final Project ==
 
I combined my final project in this ''Dataflow I'' class with my work in ''DIY-Microscopy''. You can visit my [[GMU:DIY-Microscopy/Brian|DIY-Microscopy wiki page]] for more information on my final project.
I combined my final project in this ''Dataflow I'' class with my work in ''DIY-Microscopy''. You can visit my [[GMU:DIY-Microscopy/Brian |DIY-Microscopy wiki page]] for more information on my final project.

Revision as of 20:26, 25 May 2013

Project Overview

I am building an installation environment using sound and video. The project is composed with Pure Data and a live feed from a microscope. I create a sound in PD that vibrates my petri dish/microscope and this moving image creates additional sound. This becomes a circular loops of sound generation which cuts off at a certain decibel level.

Here is an example of what the microscopic video of sawdust and pondwater looks like:

<videoflash type=vimeo>55232052|420|280</videoflash>

Installation Outline & Sketches

During some experimentation in the studio I observed that the microscope is very sensitive to movement. I would like to install my microscope onto a sub-woofer with a petri dish on it. The petri dish will have a mixture of pond water and sawdust. The vibrations in the petri dish will create an analog reactive visual feedback to a sound source that is played. This will be presented as a stand-alone video and sound installation.

Subwoofer microscopy.jpg

Final Documentation

After presenting my project in it's later stages to the class I decided to make some adjustments. The idea of the petri dish tracking blobs is an interesting controller mechanism but conceptually it had little meaning. I didn't want to limit myself by the constraints of budget so I have gone ahead and created plans for building and installing this installation.

Documentation: Final Project

I combined my final project in this Dataflow I class with my work in DIY-Microscopy. You can visit my DIY-Microscopy wiki page for more information on my final project.