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Dazzled Project is based on the idea to compose a generative particle environment that could create at the same time structures and sounds. I would like to program patterns and physics simulations with the aim to compose music structures that has a direct representation on a formal shape.
One of the influences for this project was some examples that Robert Hodgin like Solar Rework. But in this case the idea is not to have a sound reactive visuals, but visuals that create a generative sound and music compositions.
This videos are just the first part of the project. Many test are still waiting, like rhythmic patterns based on constant rebounds or elastic connections between particles.
Many thanks to Héctor Sánchez who helped me a lot with C++.
Dazzled Project was supported by Generalitat de Catalunya.

The logic behind the particle’s sound is to have an organized micro-scale. For example, traditional chromatic scale is the result of a twelve consecutive tones until the scale start again in the next level, it is called dodecaphonic scale.
The number that multiplay the frequency to make the next note in the scale is twelfth root of two (12th root of 2) which is 1.05946309435929…
This particle’s sound are organized in a micro-scale where the value that multiplay the frequency is 100th root of 2 which is 1.0069555550056…
The result is a micro-scale of 100 tones.

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AudioVision is a project composed for electric guitar and laptop, with audio reactive generative images.
It was composed for Fundació Joan Miró and was presented during the series of concerts called “Mùsiques d’avui”, which is based in a format workshop-concert for  students of schools situated in Barcelona, in a range of ages between 12-18 years old.
This project pretends to show some techniques about how to compose music assisted by the computer. During one hour, four electronic pieces and some examples of interactive installations, shows different methods and approximations about composing using the computer which record and play in loops samples or also generative artificial sounds but always generated and controlled by the guitar.

Technically speaking the sound and images where originated from the electric guitar; the laptop was receiving those information and using Max/MSP and OpenFrameworks the images and sounds where organized and looped.

Keywords: Improvisation, layer composition, loops, textures, density, form.

Tracks:

Patterns_&_lights:

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Moon:

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Intro:  

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The presentations were made during the months of January to April.
Thanks to: Jordi Joan Clavero

Here are some pictures of the presentation:

The Nextel event was commissioned by the Agência Um of Sao Paulo. To which we developed within OpenLab Company interactive graphics, 3D animations and large-scale projections. The event was held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Angra.
Palipalan co-production.
Management software for real-time video was designed in Jitter and interactive games was build in Processing. The team underlay the development of graphical support was:
Direction: Luca Ruzza.
3D Animation and Videos: Bruno Capezzuoli
Interactive Programming: David Dalmazzo

Junto con Bruno Capezzuoli y Luca Ruzza, estuvimos preparando instalaciones del 2 al 4 de Julio (2009) en el centro histórico de Rovereto (Italia), para una nueva edición de Città Invisibili. Proyecto interdisciplinario e intercultural inspirado en “Las Ciudades Invisibles” de Italo Calvino, donde en su nota  preliminar dice -”En Las ciudades invisibles no se encuentran ciudades reconocibles. Son todas inventadas; he dado a cada una un nombre de mujer; el libro consta de capítulos breves, cada uno de los cuales debería servir de punto de partida de una reflexión válida para cualquier ciudad o para la ciudad en general.”
En total, se realizaron más de treinta presentaciones repartidas por el centro histórico donde se incluían obras de teatro, agrupaciones de música, danza y piezas de artes visuales.
Città Invisibili está dirigido por Pino Di Buduo y el Teatro Potlach.

CodiceRipetitivo se proyectó en el costado derecho de la Iglesia San Marco.
La idea sigue estando en la linea del Futurismo Italiano, teniendo como palabras clave: Luz, movimiento, energía, velocidad, patrones, minimalismo.
La imagen de lineas conectadas siguen un patrón según la cercanía del radio entre varias partículas, si el radio de una partícula está en contacto con el radio de una segunda partícula, esta dibuja una línea desde los dos centros.

La instalación está programada usando openFrameworks, algunas librerías cómo Computer Vision y las partículas de Zach Lieberman. El proyecto está aun en desarrollo. El siguiente paso sería experimentar con texturas e intentar una versión usando la Triangulación de Delaunay.
En esta edición le agregué un lector sonoro programado en Max/MSP, el cual recibe valores desde OF. Estos valores son el número de contactos de las partículas, también el promedio de la energía que mueve las partículas, y cada partícula le corresponde un sampler que suena similar al de una campana: Al tener contacto con otra partícula, estas reproducen el sampler y suenan como una colección de pequeñas campanas.

Instalaciones realizadas por:
Bruno Capezzuoli y David Dalmazzo
Dirección: Luca Ruzza