1. Sound “Automata”
Installation
E=MC2 (Energy Equals Music Crank squared)
Group Members: Dante Nocera, Evin Lachance,
Natalie Schabowicz, Navdeep Sahota, & Robin Nicholls
Monday, March 4, 2013
2. Research Question
We wish to explore musical
outputs based on potential energy
converting into kinetic movement.
Monday, March 4, 2013
3. Reading Reports
• Dante ~ Materials and Sound Art Theories
• Evin ~ Notion of Sound Art and
Unconventional Spaces
• Navdeep ~ Philosophy of Sound and Image
• Natalie ~ Kinetic vs. Interactive Art
• Robin ~ Affordances
Monday, March 4, 2013
8. Brief Description
Users turning a crank in a circular
motion will initiate a series of
reciprocating movements. Through the
process of “Automata,” the mechanism
will begin to pluck a series of piano
strings, generating a sequence of musical
notes. Users will have the ability to
interchange different pre-determined
musical compilations.
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11. How do people use the IPod Classic? What are its affordances? How can we
scale these affordances into something more physical?
Monday, March 4, 2013
13. “AEOUT” Method
• Activities
- Users interaction (Turning the crank)
- Changing the pre-determined music
compilations
- Actively listening and watching
• Environments
- A private controlled space
- Acoustically sound space
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14. “AEOUT” Continued
• Object
- Mechanism (crank, gear system)
- Interchangeable sound compilations (strings, frame,
tuner)
• User
- Users who want to experience art
- Ability to crank the piece
- Users who enjoy music
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15. “AEOUT” Continued
• Time
- The sound ends once the user decides to leave
- The piece exist in the space on it own as a physical
object
- No set amount of time
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17. Research #2 Continued
• Create a basic Automata prototype.
(Test technical ability)
• Have user feedback: Have user interact
with the prototype. (Test Affordability)
• Assess technical and usability flaws
and therefore make changes
accordingly.
• sense of aesthetic outcome
• cost effective
Monday, March 4, 2013
19. Research #3 Continued
Sound 1 Sound 2 Sound 3
Melody Common Random
What would you rather hear in
a gallery space? Just one type of sequence or
maybe all three?
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20. Research #2 Continued
• Generalized preference to type of
sounds heard within a space
• Allows for team to know what people
want and thus compose sequence
accordingly
• sense of aesthetic outcome
Monday, March 4, 2013
21. Further Research
• Material Research
• Musical Research
• Artistic Research
Monday, March 4, 2013
22. E=MC2 (Energy
Equals Music
Crank squared)
Group Members:
Dante Nocera
Evin Lachance
Natalie Schabowicz
Navdeep Sahota
Robin Nicholls
Monday, March 4, 2013
