- ARTIST :JEAN-BAPTISTE THIEBAUT & SCORPNE HORRIBLE
- TITLE : PORTRAIT SONIFICATION
- MEDIUM : AUDIO VISUAL/ SOFTWARE
- ASSETS : MAX MSP PATCH
THE MUSIC OF PORTRAIT SONIFICATION IS ORIGINALLY A COMMISSION BY THE PAINTER
ALLA TKACHUK. THE PIECE WAS PERFORMED AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY IN JUNE 2006
AT A CONFERENCE ON MODERN PORTRAITURE.
THE COMPOSITION PROCESS IS BASED
ON THE SONIFICATION OF A PICTURE OF THE PAINTER. LOW-LEVEL GRAPHICAL FEATURES OF THE IMAGE,
SUCH AS THE LUMINANCE AND SIMILARITIES WITHIN A REGION, WERE USED TO CREATE SERIES OF SONIC EVENTS.
THESE SONIC EVENTS WERE USED AS THE RAW MATERIAL FOR THE COMPOSITION. THE ORGANISATION OF THESE EVENTS
WAS OBTAINED USING A MAPPING BETWEEN THE SPACE OF THE PICTURE AND THE TIME OF THE MUSIC.
TWO YEARS LATER, THE VIDEO ARTIST SCORPNE HORRIBLE CREATED A VIDEO FOR THE PIECE
AUDIO DESIGN AND MAX MSP PATCHING BY JEAN-BAPTISTE THIEBAUT..
YOU NEED TO OPEN ONLY THE PATCH CALLED 'DENSITY'.DRAG A FOLDER CONTAINING SOUNDS (AIF AND/OR WAV) TO THE BOX ON THE TOP AND IT SHOULD WORK OPERATE IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD MANNER.
MAX MSP PATCH 