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| Rattlesnake project |
On May 5, I attended two different presentations at the Science
+ Sound 2.0 program: Sarah Brady’s “Sound as Extruded Form” and Jocelyn Ho’s “Sheng-mobile
phones as musical instruments.” In her talk, Brady incorporated her artwork containing aspects of technology to highlight the creation of sound. One of
the most interesting pieces involved the interaction of viewers. It was a large
electronic board that sensed the viewer’s hand motion and emitted different
sounds based on that movement. Another one of her pieces was inspired by
rattlesnakes. She mentions her fascination with the natural sound coming from the animal. In her rattle
snake project, she was able to recreate that sound with an automated metal rod
with a coiled head. I really enjoyed her talk because she described the process
of an artist. She begins with stating her inspiration and follows with the
technological and artistic work creating sound.
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| Video of electronic sound board by Sarah Brady. |
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| Sarah Brady Presenting |
The second talk was one of the most unique talks I have ever
attended. Jocelyn Ho, a pianist and artist, took a completely different approach
to piano recitals and concerts. She wanted the audience to become the
performers, a concept that I have never heard of. In the first half of the
talk, she described the way she communicated with the audience. To show the
changes in her body expression as she played the piano, she dressed herself in
luminous coils that changed color based on her body motion. The second part of
the talk was a performance, in which everyone in the audience became involved. She
instructed us to use our phones and enter a specific site. The website divided
the audience based on location (4 parts each a different color). The
performance was very unique. The website contained different instructions for the
different parts of the room. One instruction I received was “Tap when you
swallow saliva.” When I tapped, my phone would make a unique sound. Each one in
the room had an instruction and the collection of sounds was the performance. This
was such an amazing display of originality and creativity.
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| Selfie at the event |
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| The way the room was split on the Jocelyn Ho's website. |
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| Jocelyn Ho presenting |
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