Disquiet Junto 73: Faulty Notation

My segment of the fault map is here: http://imgur.com/RCcKJVk

I interpreted the fault lines on the left part of the image very literally, paying close attention to their shapes.

Each of the three faults travels north-south on the map, represented by a synthesizer chord with a high-pass filter that opens up as the chord expands.

The "flickering" of the chords represents the dotted lines, though the perforated chord is not as regular as its analog on the map. On the first phrase (4 chords), the chords end in a flickering, like the southerly dotted fault line. In contrast, the second phrase begins with flickering. 

The east-west interruption of the middle fault is marked by silence. Then, my interpretation of the "forking" fault line: bass vs. high chords.

The final phrase brightens the high chords to represent the four triangles in the right branch of the fork. An entry of a very low bass tone between the first two peaks represents the new, solid fault line that continues south towards the terminus of the map slice.

Created entirely in Logic with the Sculpture instrument.

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More on this 73rd Disquiet Junto project, which involves reading a map of the San Andreas Fault as if it were a graphic notation score, at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/05/23/disquiet0073-faultynotation/

This project was conducted as part of a course of study led by Geoff Manaugh (BLDG BLOG). More on his research at:

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/san-andreas-architecture-for-fault.html

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/


Flickering Faultlines [disquiet0073-faultynotation]

Jason Charney