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R20 Brussels [inner]
R20 Brussels [inner] (Ring Roads in Belgium) Maria Blondeel
evolving light circumstances converted into sound during a sonic
ride.
\'R20 Brussels [inner]’ (Ring Roads in Belgium) is a sonic
video from an ongoing series about ring roads. The tuning is based
on the resonance theory from early 20 century scientists George
Lakhovsky, Nikola Tesla and Royal Rife. I\'m working since 2000
on audio and video experiments made in a driving car, whereby light
waves in the environment are made audible as square waves. The light
waves can be perceived by the ear which should result in a kind
of resonance in the brain.
I made audio and video recordings of different drives of the same
route, the R20 in Brussels. The R20 is a ring road. Ring roads in
Belgium are located around cities (some of them are complete rings)
and have their own road number, starting with an R. These R-roads
are common roads, except R0 thru R5, which are partially highways.
This recording was made on November 28th from 6pm until 6.48pm,
during sunset.
The tones you hear were produced by 6 electronic sound generators
(square waves) that were installed in the car. The sound generators
transposed the lights, as measured by 6 photo electric resistors
(sensors), into high and low pitches. The sensors were located on
the front, the sides, and the rear of the car, separated into left
and right. The generators were tuned to 466Hz, 659Hz and 2093Hz
at full sun light (about 100.000 lux). The sky above the travelled
road was filmed using a fixed lens connected to a digital camera.
I drove counter clockwise, with the setting sun in the back causing
a reflection from the interior of the car and the traffic on the
windshield. The pitch of the sound is changing according to the
setting sun, the environment and the traffic situation.
BIOGRAFIA DOS AUTORES: Maria Blondeel (°1963
Halle) is an intermedia artist based in Ghent, Belgium. Her work
can be characterized as an experimental approach to technology,
light and sound. Her work is an artistic research about light in
urban and rural area\'s. Her concepts are intrinsically connected
with the time-course. She has devised a system that translates light
into sound. Photo-electric resistors are linked to sound generators
producing square waves. The generated pitch rises with the intensity
of the light falling on a sensor. Fading light causes the pitch
to drop, down to a point where pitch changes into clicks.
Maria Blondeel made works for computer controlled slide projectors,
interactive installations, site specific interventions, CD\'s, video\'s,
concerts and performances in collaboration with musicians, web projects
and works with radio waves and alternative energy.
She presented work at \'Argosfestival\' Brussels 2004, \'LUX.US\'
Lüdenscheid 2004, Galerie Rachel Haferkamp Cologne 2003, \'Earwitness\'
CCNOA Brussels 2003, November Music 2003, Rencontres Internationales
Paris/Berlin 2003, ESS \'Outer Ear Festival of sound\' Chicago 2002,
\'Simultaneous Silence\' Berlin 2002, \'EAAA EyeDrum\' Atlanta 2002,
\'Fricties\' Vooruit Ghent 2002, \'Spritzenhaus\' Hamburg 2001,
\'(audio)incident # 10\' Brussels 2001, Kunsthalle Lophem 2001,
CCNOA Brussels 2000, Galerie Im Winter Bremen 2000, Plan B Tokyo
2000, \' Brücken Musik\' Cologne 2000, MeX Dortmund 1999, Studio
5 Beekman New York 1999, \'Música a Metrònom\' Barcelona
1998, \'Speelhoven 98\' Aarschot 1998, Fotogalerie Wien 1998, Lasalle-Sia
Singapore 1997, Muhka Antwerp 1996, \'Musik + Licht\' Podewil Berlin
1996, Experimental Intermedia Foundation New York 1994.
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