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Build your own Sonic Fabric reader
This short video is a step-by-step guide you through building your own Sonic Fabric Reader from an old walkman. The video is accompanied by a downloadable instructive graphic by Anat / DayDream Graphics The guide is simple and easy to follow but the hardest part maybe finding an old walkman and getting some sonic fabric! There’s also a short film about…
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Teresa Georgallis
Jotta spotlight on Royal College of Art graduate Teresa Georgallis’ beautiful woven fabric collection is inspired by sound frequencies. Listen to her latest work SOUNDTEXT, a sound piece which uses recordings of the rhythmic noises produced by a Jacquard loom. Jacquard Looms operate on computer software, which enables designers to reproduce complex imagery into cloth. You…
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Musique Concrete
Musique Concrete is the experimental technique of musical composition using recorded sounds as raw material. The principle uses the assemblage of various natural sounds to produce an aural montage. A precursor to the use of electronically generated sound, musique concrete was among the earliest uses of electronic means to extend the composer’s sound resources. Before the…
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Sonic Fabric – Chicks on Speed
Sonic Fabric was an artistic led research workshop by Chicks on Speed (Alex Murray-Leslie & Melissa Logan) Dr. Sabine Seymour, Alex Posada, Oscar Sol & BEFACO, together with Artists, Academics, technologists, thinkers and designers, organised by Hangar.org in Barcelona, from 9th-12th July 2012. The collective methodology was an investigation into smart materials & new sounds for performance practice. You can read an interview with Alex…
