Sound Kitchen: Designing a Chemically Controlled Musical Performance

Hiroko Shiraiwa, Rodrigo Segnini, and Vivian Woo

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper presents a novel use of a chemical experiments’ framework as a control layer and sound source in a con- cert situation. Signal fluctuations from electrolytic batteries made out of household chemicals, and acoustic samples obtained from an acid/base reaction are used for musical purposes beyond the standard data sonification role. The batteries are controlled in handy ways such as warming, stirring and pouring that are also visually engaging. Audio mappings include synthetic and sampled sounds completing a recipe that concocts a live performance of computer music.

Citation:

Hiroko Shiraiwa, Rodrigo Segnini, and Vivian Woo. 2003. Sound Kitchen: Designing a Chemically Controlled Musical Performance. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176561

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Shiraiwa2003,
 abstract = {This paper presents a novel use of a chemical experiments’ framework as a control layer and sound source in a con- cert situation. Signal fluctuations from electrolytic batteries made out of household chemicals, and acoustic samples obtained from an acid/base reaction are used for musical purposes beyond the standard data sonification role. The batteries are controlled in handy ways such as warming, stirring and pouring that are also visually engaging. Audio mappings include synthetic and sampled sounds completing a recipe that concocts a live performance of computer music.},
 address = {Montreal, Canada},
 author = {Shiraiwa, Hiroko and Segnini, Rodrigo and Woo, Vivian},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 date = {22-24 May, 2003},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176561},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Chemical music, Applied chemistry, Battery Controller.},
 pages = {83--86},
 title = {Sound Kitchen: Designing a Chemically Controlled Musical Performance},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2003/nime2003_083.pdf},
 year = {2003}
}