The Hovel, Glasgow, Scotland (solo show)
Opening 23rd October 2019
OSS (Outer Space Signal)
Video (looped), custom Max/MSP encoder/decoder/transmitter, Akai LPD8 controller, ripped bed sheet, projection mapping‘We have intercepted an inter-spatial (video) transmission from an unknown planetary system.’
OSS (Outer Space Signal) is the ongoing process of encoding/decoding/transmitting/displaying this inter-spatial video transmission. Intercepted at first during a performance for which a specific controller-decoder was made, this second pass is an attempt of creating a dialogue between this unknown planetary system and ours.*
Planetary Orchestra
Custom ambisonic instrument, Max/MSP, Akai LPD8 controller, multi-channel sound card, flat response speakersConceived as a planetarium, Planetary Orchestra is an attempt to hear planets - rotating around myself - in the nostalgia of my childhood, where I would lie on the grass and snuggle under a blanket. Displayed here in resonance with OSS (Outer Space Signal), this ambisonic artwork offers an immersive experience to hear, explore and dive fully into this unknown planetary system.*
* Visitors were encouraged to dialogue and explore this new/unknown planetary system with the help of the controller at the back of the room (next to the projector).
Max/MSP patch interfaceLeft side: position of the planets in the space.
Right side: speakers’ position adjustment (1,2), planets’ individual sound level (controlled with Akai LPD8 controller), projection play/stop and mapping extra parameters.
Max/MSP patch programmationLeft - Planetary Orchestra
Top Left: rotation speed and distance to the Sun, graphically displayed with ‘ambimonitor’ objects.
Bottom Left: ‘ambimonitor’, speakers’ position adjustment with ‘ambicontrol’ object, planets’ frequencies and gain (controlled remotely with Akai LPD8 potentiometers), ambisonics encoding with ‘ambiencode’ and decoding for the number of speakers with ‘ambiedecode’.
Top Left: rotation speed and distance to the Sun, graphically displayed with ‘ambimonitor’ objects.
Bottom Left: ‘ambimonitor’, speakers’ position adjustment with ‘ambicontrol’ object, planets’ frequencies and gain (controlled remotely with Akai LPD8 potentiometers), ambisonics encoding with ‘ambiencode’ and decoding for the number of speakers with ‘ambiedecode’.
Center - OSS (Outer Space Signal)
decoding/encoding intercepted video signal
Series of 8 different video effects controlled with Akai LPD8 pads, ‘p patcher’ with projection mapping ‘cornerpin’ features.
decoding/encoding intercepted video signal
Series of 8 different video effects controlled with Akai LPD8 pads, ‘p patcher’ with projection mapping ‘cornerpin’ features.
Right - Projection mapping extra controls and render
‘Ambisonics Externals’: objects by ZHDK