Click::RAND#2. An Indeterminate Sound Installation

Paul Dunham

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Can random digit data be transformed and utilized as a sound installation that provides a referential connection between a book and the electromechanical computer? What happens when the text of A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates is ‘vocalized’ by an electro-mechanical object? Using a media archaeological research approach, Click::RAND#2, an indeterminate sound sculpture utilising relays as sound objects, is an audio-visual reinterpretation and representation of an historical relationship between a book of random digits and the electromechanical relay. Developed by the first author, Click::RAND#2 is the physical re-presentation of random digit data sets as compositional elements to complement the physical presence of the work through spatialized sound patterns framed within the context of Henri Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis and experienced as synchronous, syncopated or discordant rhythms.

Citation

Paul Dunham. 2021. Click::RAND#2. An Indeterminate Sound Installation. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.00f713fb [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2021_installations_2,
 abstract = {Can random digit data be transformed and utilized as a sound installation that provides a referential connection between a book and the electromechanical computer? What happens when the text of A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates is ‘vocalized’ by an electro-mechanical object? Using a media archaeological research approach, Click::RAND#2, an indeterminate sound sculpture utilising relays as sound objects, is an audio-visual reinterpretation and representation of an historical relationship between a book of random digits and the electromechanical relay. Developed by the first author, Click::RAND#2 is the physical re-presentation of random digit data sets as compositional elements to complement the physical presence of the work through spatialized sound patterns framed within the context of Henri Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis and experienced as synchronous, syncopated or discordant rhythms.},
 address = {Shanghai, China},
 articleno = {2},
 author = {Paul Dunham},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.00f713fb},
 editor = {Rodolfo Cossovich and Demi Li},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 title = {Click::RAND#2. An Indeterminate Sound Installation},
 track = {Installations},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.00f713fb},
 year = {2021}
}