fuse* | Sound of Installations

AUDIO SOFTWARE USED
Max Msp 6

Concept: 
In the middle of the 19th century, Helmholtz scientifically demonstrated the existence of harmonics (although it had been known intuitively ever since the days of Rameau) thereby formalising what is known as the classical theory of timbre. According to this theory, the timbre of a sound is determined by its harmonics. The harmonics are a succession of pure sounds of which the frequencies are multiples of a base note known as the fundamental note. Their interplay with the various intensities and volume of the harmonics give the timbre.
‘Independent Frequencies’ is an audiovisual generative installation based on these principles. The sounds emitted by the installation are the result of the variation of the volume of 18 natural harmonics layered one on top of the other, and represented by the 18 circular columns. A pure sound is in fact associated with each column, the frequency of which is a multiple of the frequency of three fundamental notes that change cyclically. On each column, the frequency associated in that moment (white number) is visualised, together with its volume (red number).
The columns with a red background are those representing the fundamental notes, which form the basis of the chords on which each set of harmonics is based.
Other sounds are generated cyclically with given rhythms that increase and decrease in intensity over time. The installation allows us to move the sound 360° around the onlooker, and the origin of every sound is shown with a different visual effect on the columns placed in the direction of each single sound.

Independent Frequencies

N was born from the interest to explore, interpret and represent nature’s laws, in an attempt to recreate these processes and to trigger in the viewer the impression to be in front of a living organism. The physical system is controlled by real-time data captured live through a wind sensor.

More info on fuseworks.it/en/project/n-en/

N-Lumina

Cortex explores the sense of sight. As our eyes capture light, our mind turns the frequencies of the colors reflected by all objects into electric impulses. These impulses reach our cortex, where billions of neurons are responsible for making sense of what we see. By observing Cortex, the viewer gets the feeling of being immersed in a flow of particles travelling at the speed of light: particles that might turn into delicate reflections - slightly visible - or into violent lightstorms enwrapping the viewer.

More info on fuseworks.it/en/project/cortex-en/

Cortex

fuse* is a studio that operates in the field of digital arts and design, founded in 2007 with the aim of exploring the expressive potential offered by the creative use of code and digital technologies.