Sound Designer. Outreach Director. Graphic Designer
Click HERE to view installation (1st half of video) and demonstration (2nd half of video)
“What Starts Here…” chord is an interactive musical and visual installation, designed and executed by the University of Texas at Austin Integrated Media (UTiM) concentration in the Department of Theatre and Dance to showcase the interactive capabilities of new and exciting media technology.
PREMISE: chord is an invitation to play and explore the line between color and sound. Using interactive technology, visitors control the lights, media, and music through the plucking of strings to change the immersive environment.
GOAL: To educate, enlighten, and entertain diverse audience with music, light, & projection
MUSIC and SOUND DESIGN: MIDI, Soundscape (surround vs omnidirectional), 8 different preset tones/chords
TECHNOLOGY: Interaction based software Isadora, iphone oscillator app, 6 iPhones
MUSIC THERAPY BENEFITS and OUTREACH: Installation provides opportunities for facilitated: Social interaction, Emotional expression, Cognitive + Communication development, Motor skills development, basic music skills
Other Outreach: Theatre & Dance (Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities, Performance as Public Practice); College of Communication (Psychology, Sociology, Radio, Television, Film, CMA Early Childhood and Development Clinic)
Cross-disciplinary interests: Electronic Music Composition, Engineering, TransMedia (Art Dept.), Music in Therapy & Special Education
Location: Robotics Lighting Lab, UT Austin - An incubator for new technology
Software, Hardware, Equipment:
Isadora, running oscillator app to control physical motion sensors from iPhones
5 iPhones, attached to top of fixed ropes to sense motion
Oscilator app
5 ropes
1 projector
multiple theatrical lighting instruments
custom built platform
1 Mac Pro playback computer
synthesized chord progression and synth undertone
Created in collaboration with:
Matt Smith
Jared LeClaire
Patrick Lord