28/06/2021
I want to explore Samuel Becketts 1981 televised play 'Quad' which consists of four actors in the colours red, blue, white and yellow fixed in a loop. Each actor is accompanied by a sound, which creates no rhythm or melody. The actors walk in sync, and are bound together by invisible lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJBIvv13Bc
To do this:
Explore ways to make the bodies movement trigger sounds (different sound for each person) I have seen people use a Kinect 2 running with MaxMSP to accomplish this. I will have to access four different coloured robes, all capable of producing a high contrast with the background.
01/06/2021
Kinect 2 has arrived in the mail today. I have found a video by an artists called Billy Bailey who uses the kinects built in sensors that create textures to track the human body and it's movements, using MaxMSP he transforms the body into a musical instrument. Could be an interesting direction to bring the project [1]
03/06/2021
First attempt at building a colour tracking patch. It works surprisingly well considering the lack of contrast in the video. I am unsure on how i can implement sound into this patch however or have the tracker trigger random sounds/noises
04/06/2021
An illustrated representation of the placement and movement of the figures. "Once inside the square, they are condemned to monotonously and synchronously pace the respectively six steps of the lengthwise and diagonal lines it contains, in part accompanied by varying drumbeat rhythms. The mathematical precision and choreography is made possible by the exactness of the timing. Choreographic variation is confined to the number of performers, and the resultant changes in colour constellations." "Rudolf Frieling"
06/06/2021
(more beckett research)
Potential filming spot
10/06/2021
Testing a motion tracking patch
13/06/2021
First test on a colour tracker that produces sounds. Although capable of tracking multiple colours at once producing individual sounds for each, the patch is extremely wonky. Using this video of the sky and clouds produced the best results.
15/06/2021
