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Re: Looping sound and image
The images were not looped but the sounds were
(and randomized, as well as looped, to produce
a theoretically almost infinite soundscape)
in this installation we mounted in Dec.1996.
http://www.dreamstate.to/between_realities.htm
Cheers,
Scott M2
http://www.dreamSTATE.to
ambientelectronicsoundscapes
http://www.THEAMBiENTPiNG.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, 06 December, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Looping sound and image
Some links on loops and art installations...
http://www.loopers-delight.com/LDarchive/200105/msg00137.html
http://www.creativesynth.com/opinion/103_Installations/Installations.html
The San Francisco Exploratorium installation had a soundtrack that
consisted of loops of varying lengths, on auto-repeat cassette
decks playing non synchronously. So he had four cassette decks playing
different length loops in 8 different channels (as far as I
could tell they were not "stereo" mixes on the tapes but actually two
different non-synchronous tracks), and then he localized the
channels through speakers scattered through the installations so standing
at any one spot you would hear a blend of loops through
different speakers. These "loops" were actually fairly long, and the
"soundtrack" itself was essentially one huge loop - Eno
guestimated that it would take some 127 weeks for the loop to precisely
repeat itself. But from a listener perspective repetetive
elements were pretty recognizable. It sounds like Eno may have used the
same source material at various locations, but each random
configuration of the starting of the cassettes would create a fairly
unique juxtaposition of the source loops.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Todd
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Looping sound and image
Hi,
I'm in the process of producing a video installation, which will consist
of several screens / speakers playing loops of
corresponding sound and image. For example, one source might be someone
clapping a rhythm, with the sound looping one bar, with
video of the person's hands looping a slightly shorter section, such that
they move in and out of phase with each other gradually.
There will be maybe five screens playing at the same time, each of which
will also phase with eachother. Obviously, I'm greatly
inspired by Steve Reich's early tape pieces, and other loop-based music.
I don't know how aware anyone on this list is of
installation art practice and so on, but if anyone can refer me to similar
or related work or literature, or simply share any
thoughts about what I am trying to, that would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Peter.