A current Neumann-type computer tries to process input data exactly as specifi ed and outputs them. It is a world of logics and there is no room for emotion to be included.
However, it is human that decides the procedure to be processed.
It seems possible to bring this logical machine into the world of art, if one constructs an algorithm and inputs data which belong to human sense.
Because input data will be modified as other ones which present some extended sense to human.
The concept of this work, Sound Automaton, is the visualization of
sounds. Please see what images will appear when sampled sounds go through an
algorithm which converts sound data to points in the polar coordinate system.
"Chicken's voice, 1.43 sec"
"Dog's voice, 0.59 sec"
"Kitten's voice, 1.07 sec"
"Cow's voice, 1.09 sec"
"Frog's voice, 1.11 sec"
"Goat's voice, 1.03 sec"
"Elephant's voice, 1.11 sec"
The following is the algorithm used in these works to determine the coordinate
s:
InitializeAxis[start_:{0, 0, 0}] := (X = start;
U = {1, 1, 1};
path = {X};
);
vectorAxis[length_, theta_, gamma_] :=
(
A = theta Degree//N;
B = gamma Degree//N;
U = {{Cos[A], -(Sin[A]*Sin[B]), -(Cos[B]*Sin[A])},
{0, Cos[B], -Sin[B]},
{Sin[A], Cos[A]*Sin[B], Cos[A]*Cos[B]}}.U;
AppendTo[path, X += length U]
);
InitializeAxis[];
s = Length[lastlist];
Do[vectorAxis[5, lastlist[[c]], lastlist[[c]]], {c, s}];
Many other variations would be possible because sounds are easy to describe as digital information. One example should be a stereo hologram.
The above 3D images are generated from monaural data. What will happen if we use stereo data? Differences in the phases of right and left sounds should result in the images which differ a little bit, though the algorithm is the same. This means that we can get perspective from sounds.
Furthermore, if we regard the coordinates obtained by this algorithm as a trac e of a camera, we could create an animation in which the movement is synchronized with the so und. Anyway, audience should know a new sense that cannot be obtained with only the sense of hearing.
Essentially, art stands upon realizing personal senses on the primitive level.
Because of this realization, artist's work has been thought important,
and the originality of each artist has been established.
However, what I aim at is automation.
If works are made automaticlly with even the concept being far from the artist
,
where the originality should exist?
He (I) might become something that just initializes the creation of works . . .