Songs from my analogue utopia

Christian Faubel

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

In Songs from my analogue utopia, I explore the self-organizing coordination dynamics of analog oscillators and the Utopian potentials of analogue communication. In analogue communication, synchronization results from the mutual interaction of two or more processes, not a single process is dominating the other. It is in the mutuality where I see the Utopian potential of analogue communication. I undertake this exploration on the screen of an overhead projector, where I place little motors driven by analogue oscillators. The motors hit on rubber bands or other objects which are equipped with piezo-pickups, rendering the rhythmical hitting of the motors into sound and into a shadow play.

Citation

Christian Faubel. 2024. Songs from my analogue utopia. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17553380 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@article{nime2024_music_42,
 abstract = {In Songs from my analogue utopia, I explore the self-organizing coordination dynamics of analog oscillators and the Utopian potentials of analogue communication. In analogue communication, synchronization results from the mutual interaction of two or more processes, not a single process is dominating the other. It is in the mutuality where I see the Utopian potential of analogue communication. I undertake this exploration on the screen of an overhead projector, where I place little motors driven by analogue oscillators. The motors hit on rubber bands or other objects which are equipped with piezo-pickups, rendering the rhythmical hitting of the motors into sound and into a shadow play.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {42},
 author = {Christian Faubel},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.17553380},
 editor = {Laurel Smith Pardue and Palle Dahlstedt},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {2},
 pages = {149--150},
 presentation-video = {https://vimeo.com/367880723},
 title = {Songs from my analogue utopia},
 track = {Music},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_music_42.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}