Structural Analogy

2016

Structural Analogy- IV at the International Computer Music Conference & New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, June 22nd, 2019

Structural Analogy- III at Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound (SV+VS), Currents New Media, Santa Fe, NM

Steina and Woody Vasulka at Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound (SV+VS), Currents New Media, Santa Fe, NM

Structural Analogy- III at Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound (SV+VS), Currents New Media, Santa Fe, NM

Structural Analogy- I at Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound (SV+VS), FOCA opening reception, Los Angeles

Structural Analogy-II at SBCAST (Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science, and Technology) Opening Art Exhibit

Structural Analogy- III at Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound (SV+VS), Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Seoul, South Korea

Type: visual music exhibition and performance
Media: software, display, ipad, headphone, print
Duration: 9:09
Dimension: 1m * 1m * 2m
Tool: custom c++ audio analysis and graphics software application
Version: Structural Analogy v1 2016, v2 2016, v3 2017, v4 2018, v5 2019
Video download: [1, mp4, 52.8MB], [2, mov, 2.88GB]
Exhibit and performance:
- Structural Analogy - I: at SV+VS (Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound), FOCA, Los Angeles, 1/23-3/18, 2016
- Structural Analogy - I: at Opening Art Exhibit, Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science, and Technology (SBCAST), 2/27, 2016
- Structural Analogy - II: at SV+VS (Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound), DPP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza), Seoul, South Korea, 8/19-9/18, 2016
- Structural Analogy - II: at electroacoustic concert in the joint WOCMAT-IRCAM forum conference, Taiwan, 12/14-12/16, 2016
- Structural Analogy - III: at SV+VS (Sonifying Visuals and Visualizing Sound, supported by the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation), Currents New Media, Sante Fe, NM, 6/9-25, 2017
- Structural Analogy - IV: at ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, Origins and Journeys, Vancouver, Canada, 8/12-16, 2018
- Structural Analogy - V: at International Computer Music Conference & New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, 6/16-23, 2019
Artist statement: Sound Figures by Ernst Chladni (1787) is the origin of systematic attempt to visualize sounds as image. Inspired by Chladni’s acoustics research, thesis of Structural Analogy is that aesthetics of audiovisual transformation could be enriched by systematically integrating music information retrieval (MIR) and pattern formation techniques into creative processes. Sound visualization using short-term acoustic features is one of the effective strategies in engaging audience in live audiovisual performance. However, short-term acoustic features alone are not sufficient in engaging audience in art forms that require time to unfold narratives, such as in audiovisual composition and interactive installation. To examine this thesis, a custom computer graphics application that integrates the open-source Essentia MIR toolbox is developed and capable of visually modeling causality based on a source sound signal. This music video is created using the above software application, which enables examination of emergent connections between sound and visual at various spatial and temporal scales through computation and algorithms. Structural Analogy is an ongoing experiment that investigates techniques necessary to visualize narratives in source sound signals. Since 2016, Structural Analogy has been exhibited at international venues, including FOCA, SBCAST, DDP, WOCMAT-IRCAM Forum, and CURRENTS.
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