#lightsound project

[rank-sentimentalist]

When the moon passes between the sun and Earth on April 8, it’s what Texans and others in the path of the total eclipse will see – the sky going from bright to dark and back again – that makes the moment special. But a group of astronomers at Harvard wants everyone to experience these rare moments, including observers who are blind or have limited vision.

Harvard astronomer Allyson Bieryla directs the LightSound Project, which runs workshops where volunteers help build small boxes that turn the sight of an eclipse into sound, and distributes the devices to those who want them.

“It’s essentially a solar eclipse sonification tool that we designed to aid the blind and low-vision community. Sonification, simply put, is taking data and turning it into sound,” Bieryla said. “So in this case, we’re taking light and converting it into sound during this solar eclipse.

In 2017, the Harvard scientists built three sonification devices for an eclipse event. For the upcoming April eclipse, the group wants to make 750 available.

LightSound’s devices come in a handheld, 3D-printed case. When a user points the device toward a light source, like the sun, the light it sees is converted to sound.

“The sound output gets mapped to instruments based on the brightness of the light. And so the brightest light, bright like sunlight, essentially would be mapped to kind of like a flute sound,” Bieryla said. “The midrange goes to a clarinet kind of sound, and then during totality or the darker times during eclipse, it’s kind of a low clicking sound.”

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[allwillbecomeclear]

I just found out about the LightSound Project: https://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/LightSound.html

A solar eclipse sonification tool for the blind and low vision (BLV) community (like my dad!). 🌑

This is pretty cool. They even include instructions for making your own! (In English, Spanish,and French.) I need to learn more.

[neeniema]

I love this. It provides way for visually impaired people to experience the eclipse through sound.

[vinylexams]

LIGHT // SOUND - S/t (New Orleans, Louisiana) @wearelightsound #lightsound #wearelightsound #neworleans #nola

Good afternoon, friends of VE! I’m back from a short holiday break to share with you a very special album that was submitted to us a few weeks back. LIGHT // SOUND is an indie rock band out of New Orleans and Daniel Amedee, their singer/guitarist, has made a short run of this fantastic release complete with a handmade wooden case built from repurposed floorboard slats from homes salvaged in New Orleans via The Green Project. There’s rich history both in the songwriting and musical expression as well as this stunning package. L // S’s music is inherently optimistic sounding and the lyrics mirror that sensation, too. Musically, this is a pretty unique outfit, though if you can imagine a stripped-down The Unicorns/Islands set with less goofiness and more sincere optimism, you’ll get pretty close. It’s a little bit dancy, it’s a lot laid back, and it’s heaps and heaps of feel-good jams.

Daniel has a storied history in the music scene after having left NOLA when Hurricane Katrina hit. He spent time in Ireland playing bass with Remma on Morrissey’s label and put out an EP produced by Noel Hogan of the Cranberries and then eventually returned stateside to San Francisco to put out more great music with appearances by folks from Rogue Wave and Beats Antique. Most recently, he returned to New Orleans and put this band together and wrote the self-titled album above. Want to know the craziest part of all this? The album itself is actually about some of the difficulties and challenges of being a touring musician for better AND for worse and it chronicles some pretty complicated moments of his life but in a way that never lets you feel too melancholy. This isn’t wallow-in-your-pain stuff, this is calm and peaceful reflection by way of inventive and creative music. There are very few copies of this wonderful release left so head over to https://wearelightsound.bandcamp.com/ and grab one before it’s too late!

#grado #rega #vinyl #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable #nowspinning #nowplaying #vinyligclub #vinyllovers #vinylclub #vinylrecords #vinylexams (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br–XYwAjYf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fa44ywi3mo9r

[kvb222spatialart]

WEEK 11: ARTIST RESEARCH 

This week, I am focusing on refining and finalising my module. I thought that I would do some final artist research to help myself conceptualise the piece to scale and in the Victoria Park Golf Course.

The first image pictured is  Doug Aitken’s, Sonic Mountain (Sonoma), a work that mimics an ordinary wind chime. When researching, I found a very interesting quote from Aitken. He said, “I wanted to create a living artwork, a piece that would change continuously and be performed by the natural environment.” This is exactly the purpose of my piece. Watching videos of his piece in action, it was evident that the two concentric circles dangling polished steel rods emit chiming sounds - the hypnotic work contrasts nicely with its earthy, aboral surroundings. Billed as “a living and interactive artwork,” Sonic Mountain (Sonoma) opened  with a performance by multimedia artist Hisham Akira Bharoocha who gathered 20 musicians together to activate the sculpture for a nighttime inauguration. This was super interesting to watch. It could be a possible way to open my proposed piece. 

See the videos here:

https://vimeo.com/342137852?utm_campaign=5370367&utm_source=affiliate&utm_channel=affiliate&cjevent=6201c6672a2e11ec83b001280a1c0e11&clickid=6201c6672a2e11ec83b001280a1c0e11

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2M54wAA_1U/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I love how the second piece forms this flowing spiral formation. San Francisco based artist Su Chen Hung created this sculpture. Nowadays people are used to having earphones plugged into their ears all the time, but as an artist, Hung wants to remind people of the beauty of surrounding ambient sound.The installation is constructed of bamboo, a very important crop around the town in which the Shisanhang Museum of Archaeology is located and where the installation is installed. Its spiral pattern, frequently seen in prehistoric civilizations, has also been widely used by the aboriginal communities in Taiwan. In the bright sunshine of a Taiwan summer, the shadows cast by the installation dance around creating an ever-changing pattern on the ground. Whenever stirred by the slightest breeze, the hanging bamboo sticks knock against each other producing a fluid cascade of hollow chimes. As visitors walking inside the spiral installation sweep their hands through the hanging bamboo curtain, they along with nature’s breezes become the composers and musicians in this outdoor sound installation. I was thinking of incorporating this idea into my proposed piece, making sure the longest central handing piece of bamboo was long enough so that visitors can push/pull it so that the hollow chimes knock together to create sound.

http://www.suchenhung.com/gallery/public/lightsound/02.html

The fourth photo is a piece designed as a symbolic tree that responds to the movement of the air and makes wind music. The leafage is made of 324 wind chimes of different lengths hanging at the crown of the tree. Air motion generates sounds of varying heights, the tonality of which depends on the length of the chimes and which together create symphony of air. Sounds are caused by metal discs, which are swayed by wind catchers depending on wind speed. The air catchers are shaped as coats of arms from various cities of Northern Latgale, and inclined for better wind capture. Adding air catchers could be a great addition to my own module.

http://www.dja.lv/projects/Air/

[airgraffiti]

Changing Tone For Sydney Entertainment

165 Wentworth St Surry Hills has been home to many a club night, salsa dancing classes and even comedy nights. The location and outlay of the venue makes it a perfect location for a night out, after work drinks or a dinner date in one of the smaller, more intimate areas of the venue. This time around the club is also under new management with a whole world of new events and projects coming up. Sasha Mukhin caught up with Ben Peterson, new owner of the venue, to check out the outlook for the near future as well as Jimmy Polar to chat about the lighting and sound deck out. Sasha : Why did you decide to buy Mars Lounge? Ben : Sydney needs more quality entertainment options, we are renovating the space to become a live performance space with a large stage, world class PA and lighting. Sasha : What is your favourite feature of the venue? Ben : One hundred year old timberwork throughout the venue. Sasha : What have you been doing differently since you bought the venue? Ben : Built a stage, all new furniture, World Class sound and lighting, totally new entertainment program including live music and performance including burlesque, art shows and much much more. Sasha : What is your future plan for the club? Ben : To be Sydneys premier 300 person live music venue. Sasha : What can we expect from Tone in the near future? Ben : Lots of internationals, album launches and special events coming up. Check out www.tone.net.au. Sasha : Anything else you would like to ad? Ben : Everyone who mentions this article and buys a drink at our venue gets any meal from our menu for half price for the month of October 2010. (One per person per day.) Sasha : Jimmy, tell us a little about the venue sound and lighting gear around here. Jimmy : This is a multi format venue, it can host an incredible array of performances from dance parties, to hip hop mc battles to live funk, soul, jazz and electronic performances. The stage has three fold back sends with large front of house (F.O.H) full range boxes. There are also several wedge shape vocal boxes for sweet fold back on stage. The main club system is custom built and flown. Passive three way QMX mid/high boxes are flown directly over the front of the stage and four double 15 subs are built in under the stage. The rig is driven by hand built Australian monitor Mosfet amplifiers, 3800W on each of the subs and 3200W to the mid high boxes. At this point the crossover is being handled by a DBX system processer but they are beginning to experiment with analogue components, URE filter networks and old style soft and warm stereo compression from a 1970s URE replica Rane rotary DJ mixer. Opting for a recording style F.O.H. console for some future development in the area of live recordings they chose a mid budget Soundcraft Ghost with nice preamps and versatility. The main mix is picked up by a pair of BSS 31 band graphics with nice filters and adjustable notch. The DJ equipment consists of a pair of Technics turntables, Pioneer CDJ1000 and DJM800 mixer. The lighting is an American DJ Triphase, four Lightmotion LED Parcans, and Lightmotion Sputnik moving head. On special occasions they also bring out the Antari smoke and Lightmotion bubble machine. Sasha : Thank you Ben and Jimmy. If you would like to talk to us about your venues lighting and audio needs contact Julian Lacey at Lightsounds Projects on (02) 9789 1604 or 0430 922 674 or via email julian@lightsounds.com.

Party lighting – DJ lights – Stage lights – LED Par Cans – Mirror balls – Strobe lights

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