This week we worked in groups. The assignment was to create a network and in our first meeting we talk about the concept of network and the idea around it. We start thinking in making a network with sounds and thinking about the idea of a bad, disturb network -- is it still considered a network ?
We decided to move based in this idea and thinking about how to build a networks of sounds in the class. Computers? Laptops? The idea of having something more physical and analog pushed us further and we decided to advanced with the idea of people plugging in and out sound cables to connect/ disconnect from the network.
As a final idea, we build a network of sounds where each participant act as a node of the network. Each node as a particular role :
- Pod: node with music as input. Also can receive another input from another pod. Have one output. It can be connected to another pod, to the mixer or to the speaker;
- Mixer: node with control of decision - can mix two inputs and can connect to the speaker;
- Speaker: acts as the output of the network and can control the volume of the sound
The network is open to all kinds of connections btw the different nodes and is up to the participants to engage in this network, understand the rules through the process and collaborate to create a sound network. They way the connections are made, change the output of the sound, since sounds are been mixed according to that connections
We created 8 boxes made of clear plastic that the participants can put somewhere in their bodies with an elastic strap ( we like to use them around the head). We decided to have 5 pod's ( to create a variation in sounds), 1 mixer and two speakers. The sounds were made by Ithai ( great work)
some photos of the process:
testing:
some photos of the experience in class:
photos of the group:
Kate, Petra, Alex, Ithai, Thomas
It was a very good experience working with this group of people. We were connected from the beginning and very open to the ideas of everyone.
Thanks, guys for this pleasant experience!