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by 0Hz / Artocracy
0Hz, a collective of experimental sound
artists, will be staging a multi-media webcast during and
after the eclipse. The webcast will feature video, VLF
radio emissions and MIDI files generated by sensor
devices aimed at the sun during the entire eclipse. The
webcast will begin at the moment of first contact and
will carry on until the evening transmitting edited
versions of the event and hopefully feeds from europe as
they experience their own totalities.
The sensors, video and VLF equipment
will be set up in Newlyn, from where the webcast will
take place. For the purposes of this event a 'probe '
system will be used comprising heat, light and EMF
sensors to monitor and record the fluctuating conditions
during the eclipse. This data will be converted to MIDI
files which will be used to dictate the playback of VLF
and solar radio emission recordings. The MIDI files will
be available as part of the webcast and musicians/sound
artists are invited to download these files and submit
their interpretations back to the artists. A
network of video cameras will record the eclipse and
provide the visuals for the webcast. A range of lenses
and filters will be used to provide breathtaking close up
images of the eclipse detailing sunspots and
flares. A symphony based on the recordings
and data from the eclipse will be released. As well as
the follow up CD-Rom, a large part of the material
gathered during the eclipse will be used to create an
installation in Manchester during late September
commissioned by DigitalSummer99. Soundworks submitted by
artists based on the MIDI files will go towards a
compilation on the Iris Light CD.
28 december 1999 |