Paul DeMarinis - Daniel Sauter
Paul DeMarinis - Daniel Sauter
Paul DeMarinis - Daniel Sauter
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<strong>Paul</strong> <br />
<strong>DeMarinis</strong> <br />
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<strong>Paul</strong> <strong>DeMarinis</strong>!<br />
• Has been working as an electronic media artist since 1971!<br />
• Most known for his interactive sound installations!<br />
• Erkki Huhtamo calls <strong>DeMarinis</strong> a "thinkerer", someone who<br />
thinks and tinkers.!<br />
• Is also considered a media archaeologist who searches<br />
archives, patent archives for inspiration!
Hypnica (2007) !<br />
A series of talking metronomes<br />
that use the voices of<br />
hypnotists to lull the listener<br />
into a sonic trance. !<br />
Image courtesy of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyebeam/2867840573/!
Email messages received over the<br />
internet are displayed letter<br />
by letter on three alphabetic<br />
telegraph receivers: a large<br />
array of 26 talking<br />
washbasins, each intoning a<br />
letter of the alphabet in<br />
Spanish; a chorus line of 26<br />
dancing skeletons and a<br />
series of 26 electrolytic jars<br />
with metal electrodes in the<br />
form of the letters A to Z<br />
that oscillate and bubble<br />
when electricity is passed<br />
through them.!<br />
The Messenger (1998) !<br />
EXTENSIVELY REVISED 2005!<br />
Image courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/nearnearfuture/230368242/!
The Messenger (1998) !<br />
EXTENSIVELY REVISED 2005!<br />
Images courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/watz/237890137/in/photostream/!
Firebirds(2004)!<br />
Oracular flames kept captive within birdcages<br />
recite speeches of some political leaders of<br />
the twentieth century. Gas flames, suitably<br />
modulated by electrical fields can be made<br />
to act as omnidirectional loudspeakers of<br />
surprising clarity and amplitude.!<br />
Firebirds is based on a scientific experiment from<br />
the Victorian area, in which Chichester Bell<br />
discovered that a membrane stretched over<br />
a gas flame produces audible vibrations in<br />
the flame, resulting in a kind of "flame<br />
loudspeaker." Gas flames, suitably<br />
modulated by electrical fields can be made<br />
to act as omnidirectional loudspeakers of<br />
surprising clarity and amplitude.!<br />
Image courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielhirschmann/43020893/!
RainDance / Musica Acuatica (1998) !<br />
Falling streams of water, modulated<br />
with audio signals, create music<br />
and sound when intercepted by<br />
visitors' umbrellas.!<br />
Image courtesy of http://www.happynewears.be/2006/i/pro/raindance-3.jpg!<br />
Video of installation: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=jOakK59iKTA!
Chaotic Jumpropes (1994) !<br />
Bright vibrating cords and<br />
motors comprise a dynamic<br />
system that moves between<br />
order and chaos. Tracked by<br />
computers, these motions<br />
are translated into musical<br />
sounds, allowing interactive<br />
exploration of chaos as<br />
sight, sound and touch.<br />
Internet access provides<br />
online control of the chaotic<br />
systems.!<br />
Image courtesy of http://www.stanford.edu/~demarini/!
The Pygmy Gamelan (1973)!<br />
Five to ten little electronic<br />
circuits respond to<br />
electrical fluctuations in<br />
the galaxy by improvising<br />
around five-note phrases. !<br />
Image courtesy of http://www.stanford.edu/~demarini/!
Links/Sources!<br />
• Home Page of <strong>Paul</strong> <strong>DeMarinis</strong> !<br />
http://www.stanford.edu/~demarini/!<br />
• Video of a <strong>DeMarinis</strong> Lecture: !<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=33T54ulwBAs!<br />
• Erkki Huhtamo Lecture on <strong>Paul</strong> <strong>DeMarinis</strong> : !<br />
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2006/09/on-sunday-i-pai.php!<br />
• “Music as a Second Language” Album:!<br />
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbumid=216019796&s=143441!