November 01, 2004
audio shaker
Sound Martinis
The audio shaker --by Tom Jenkins with Mark Hauenstein--explores our perceptual understanding of sound. Anything sung, spoken, clapped, whistled or played near it is trapped inside, where it takes on an imagined yet tangible physicality. Sounds caught in this void are transformed, given weight and permanance, reacting directly to the shaker's movements, subtle or violent. Shaken sounds have to settle down before becoming still and silent, behaving more like fluid than transient energy.
The linear timescale of sound is broken, a conversation is split into words and mixed up in the shaker, and can be poured out separately, tipped out in a simultaneous splash or added to and shaken up further. Put simply, it is a tactile container to capture, shake up and pour out sounds. Creating a rich, intuitive experience that is purposefully open to interpretation and imagination. Quicktime video.
Via near near future
Posted by jo at November 1, 2004 11:07 AM
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Great to get interest in the Audio Shaker - Thanks. It was a
collaborative project between myself and Mark Hauenstein (I've only realised that if you link directly to the project in my site this isn't very clear - sorry Mark), it's his programming wizardry that enabled the final prototype to be so responsive. I would be very grateful if you could include his name on the blog and give him the recognition he deserves. Thanks again.
Posted by: Tom Jenkins at November 12, 2004 06:51 AM
