Sumários
Week 13 Monday
2 Outubro 2023, 18:30 • Maile Colbert
text to speech, sonification, geophones, and Shepard Tones
-Andrea Polli on
sonification: https://vimeo.com/8419919
Listening to the Earth:
As has been seen in recent Hurricane
disasters, many lives can depend on the interpretation of global information.
Developing a language or series of languages for communicating this mass of
data must evolve, and part of that evolution must include the work of artists.
The interpretation and presentation of data using sound is part of a growing
movement in what is called data sonification. Like its more popular
counterpart, data visualization, sonification transforms data in an attempt to
communicate meaning. Andrea Polli presents her sonification research
interpreting actual and simulated data that describe local and global climates.
Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in New
Mexico. Her work addresses issues related to science and technology in
contemporary society. She is interested in global systems, the real time
interconnectivity of these systems, and the effect of these systems on
individuals. Polli's work with science, technology and media has been presented
widely in over 100 presentations, exhibitions and performances internationally,
has been recognized by numerous grants, residencies and awards including
UNESCO. Her work has been reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Art in America,
Art News, NY Arts and others. She has published two book chapters, several
audio CDs, DVDs and many papers in print including MIT Press and Cambridge
University Press journals.
She currently works in collaboration with atmospheric
scientists to develop systems for understanding storm and climate through sound
(called sonification). Recent projects include: a spatialized sonification of
highly detailed models of storms that devastated the New York area; a series of
sonifications of climate in Central Park; and a real-time multi-channel
sonification and visualization of weather in the Arctic. She has exhibited,
performed, and lectured nationally and internationally and recently spent seven
weeks in Antarctica on a National Science Foundation funded project.
90degreessouth.org
As a member of the steering committee for New York 2050, a
wide-reaching project envisioning the future of the New York City region, she
worked with city planners, environmental scientists, historians and other
experts to look at the impact of climate on the future of human life both
locally and globally.
She has received a Master of Fine Arts in Time Arts from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in 2000, she was voted Teacher
of the Year at Columbia College in Chicago in recognition of her work
connecting students to the wider community through collaborative projects.
These projects included performances and exhibitions at the Chicago Museum of
Contemporary Art and a large scale public art project connecting 5 neighborhood
arts organizations with live web streaming, an exhibition at the Chicago
Cultural Center and six billboards. Pause. was featured as the Millennium
Community Artwork for Illinois and funded by The Mid Atlantic Arts Council and
Ameritech.
Polli is currently an Associate Professor in Fine Arts and
Engineering at The University of New Mexico and Director of the
Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program at the University. From
2005-2008 she served as the Director of the Integrated Media Arts Masters of
Fine Arts Program at Hunter College/CUNY. She is co-chair of the Leonardo
Education Forum, an affiliate of the MIT Press and the College Art Association
of America (CAA) that promotes the advancement of research and academic
scholarship at the intersections of art, science, and technology and co-chair
of the New York Society for Acoustic Ecology, a multi-disciplinary group
exploring the urban sound environment and a chapter of the American and World
Forums for Acoustic Ecology.
Martin Arnold - Passsage À L'Acte 1993
- passage a l'acte (1993) makes a simple breakfast scene from To Kill a
Mockingbird look like a surrealist nightmare. The 1950s family is the target
here. Those who know the film will recognize the characters as a father, his
two kids, and a neighbor woman, but the film transforms them into a crazed
version of the postwar family. While "Mother" sits with a frozen
smile and Father (Gregory Peck) reads the paper, sonny boy gets up from the
table and opens and closes the screen door repeatedly. The slamming of the door
sounds like gunfire, hinting at an unnamed aggression occurring somewhere just
outside this sacred space of the '50s home and perhaps at disturbing forces at
work within this family. Arnold's exploitation of these characters is pitiless;
like an evil puppeteer he repeats a shot of Gregory Peck screaming words and
parts of words to stultifying effect, while the son twitches back and forth
with some unknowable frustration and the daughter makes gutteral noises that
attain a kind of robot rhythm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-G6EYnJO4
- a permanent architecture and sound installation, ‘sonic pavilion’, where visitors are invited to listen to the sounds of the earth turning. visitors enter the site-specific ‘sonic pavilion’ to find a hole in its center, running 700 feet deep down below the earth. geologic microphones capture the live sounds of the earth turning and the tectonic plates shifting — ‘geology in motion,’ aitken describes. these impressions are played aloud in real time inside the empty space, forming a continuous and constantly-changing sequence of sounds rich in frequencies and textures. reverberating throughout the site, these sounds generate a sense of equivalence between the audio experience and visitors’ relationship to the surrounding landscape. the curved glass exterior of ‘sonic pavilion’ creates an optical distortion that visually blurs everything except what is directly in front of the viewer. within the context of the rainforest, the prism-like architecture of the installation synchronizes with the live audio to create a living artwork, and a place for introspection.
Week 13 Monday
2 Outubro 2023, 18:30 • Maile Colbert
text to speech, sonification, geophones, and Shepard Tones
-Andrea Polli on
sonification: https://vimeo.com/8419919
Listening to the Earth:
As has been seen in recent Hurricane
disasters, many lives can depend on the interpretation of global information.
Developing a language or series of languages for communicating this mass of
data must evolve, and part of that evolution must include the work of artists.
The interpretation and presentation of data using sound is part of a growing
movement in what is called data sonification. Like its more popular
counterpart, data visualization, sonification transforms data in an attempt to
communicate meaning. Andrea Polli presents her sonification research
interpreting actual and simulated data that describe local and global climates.
Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in New
Mexico. Her work addresses issues related to science and technology in
contemporary society. She is interested in global systems, the real time
interconnectivity of these systems, and the effect of these systems on
individuals. Polli's work with science, technology and media has been presented
widely in over 100 presentations, exhibitions and performances internationally,
has been recognized by numerous grants, residencies and awards including
UNESCO. Her work has been reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Art in America,
Art News, NY Arts and others. She has published two book chapters, several
audio CDs, DVDs and many papers in print including MIT Press and Cambridge
University Press journals.
She currently works in collaboration with atmospheric
scientists to develop systems for understanding storm and climate through sound
(called sonification). Recent projects include: a spatialized sonification of
highly detailed models of storms that devastated the New York area; a series of
sonifications of climate in Central Park; and a real-time multi-channel
sonification and visualization of weather in the Arctic. She has exhibited,
performed, and lectured nationally and internationally and recently spent seven
weeks in Antarctica on a National Science Foundation funded project.
90degreessouth.org
As a member of the steering committee for New York 2050, a
wide-reaching project envisioning the future of the New York City region, she
worked with city planners, environmental scientists, historians and other
experts to look at the impact of climate on the future of human life both
locally and globally.
She has received a Master of Fine Arts in Time Arts from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in 2000, she was voted Teacher
of the Year at Columbia College in Chicago in recognition of her work
connecting students to the wider community through collaborative projects.
These projects included performances and exhibitions at the Chicago Museum of
Contemporary Art and a large scale public art project connecting 5 neighborhood
arts organizations with live web streaming, an exhibition at the Chicago
Cultural Center and six billboards. Pause. was featured as the Millennium
Community Artwork for Illinois and funded by The Mid Atlantic Arts Council and
Ameritech.
Polli is currently an Associate Professor in Fine Arts and
Engineering at The University of New Mexico and Director of the
Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program at the University. From
2005-2008 she served as the Director of the Integrated Media Arts Masters of
Fine Arts Program at Hunter College/CUNY. She is co-chair of the Leonardo
Education Forum, an affiliate of the MIT Press and the College Art Association
of America (CAA) that promotes the advancement of research and academic
scholarship at the intersections of art, science, and technology and co-chair
of the New York Society for Acoustic Ecology, a multi-disciplinary group
exploring the urban sound environment and a chapter of the American and World
Forums for Acoustic Ecology.
Martin Arnold - Passsage À L'Acte 1993
- passage a l'acte (1993) makes a simple breakfast scene from To Kill a
Mockingbird look like a surrealist nightmare. The 1950s family is the target
here. Those who know the film will recognize the characters as a father, his
two kids, and a neighbor woman, but the film transforms them into a crazed
version of the postwar family. While "Mother" sits with a frozen
smile and Father (Gregory Peck) reads the paper, sonny boy gets up from the
table and opens and closes the screen door repeatedly. The slamming of the door
sounds like gunfire, hinting at an unnamed aggression occurring somewhere just
outside this sacred space of the '50s home and perhaps at disturbing forces at
work within this family. Arnold's exploitation of these characters is pitiless;
like an evil puppeteer he repeats a shot of Gregory Peck screaming words and
parts of words to stultifying effect, while the son twitches back and forth
with some unknowable frustration and the daughter makes gutteral noises that
attain a kind of robot rhythm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-G6EYnJO4
- a permanent architecture and sound installation, ‘sonic pavilion’, where visitors are invited to listen to the sounds of the earth turning. visitors enter the site-specific ‘sonic pavilion’ to find a hole in its center, running 700 feet deep down below the earth. geologic microphones capture the live sounds of the earth turning and the tectonic plates shifting — ‘geology in motion,’ aitken describes. these impressions are played aloud in real time inside the empty space, forming a continuous and constantly-changing sequence of sounds rich in frequencies and textures. reverberating throughout the site, these sounds generate a sense of equivalence between the audio experience and visitors’ relationship to the surrounding landscape. the curved glass exterior of ‘sonic pavilion’ creates an optical distortion that visually blurs everything except what is directly in front of the viewer. within the context of the rainforest, the prism-like architecture of the installation synchronizes with the live audio to create a living artwork, and a place for introspection.
Week 13 Tuesday
26 Setembro 2023, 14:00 • Maile Colbert
WIP (work in progress) presentations of your final project. Please remember...this is informal, this is not evaluated, there is no expectation for the presentation. This is just a chance for you to present your ideas, and any work in progress you may have, and for us to respond and give feedback, shared ideas. It's workshopping, you can ask specific questions or express any doubts, this is for you! So no stress, and if you feel very shy or not ready, that is ok as well of course, you can talk to me about the work privately.
Week 13 Tuesday
26 Setembro 2023, 11:00 • Maile Colbert
WIP (work in progress) presentations of your final project. Please remember...this is informal, this is not evaluated, there is no expectation for the presentation. This is just a chance for you to present your ideas, and any work in progress you may have, and for us to respond and give feedback, shared ideas. It's workshopping, you can ask specific questions or express any doubts, this is for you! So no stress, and if you feel very shy or not ready, that is ok as well of course, you can talk to me about the work privately.
Week 13 Tuesday
26 Setembro 2023, 08:30 • Maile Colbert
WIP (work in progress) presentations of your final project. Please remember...this is informal, this is not evaluated, there is no expectation for the presentation. This is just a chance for you to present your ideas, and any work in progress you may have, and for us to respond and give feedback, shared ideas. It's workshopping, you can ask specific questions or express any doubts, this is for you! So no stress, and if you feel very shy or not ready, that is ok as well of course, you can talk to me about the work privately.