Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Filed under: creation

Processing bezier fish

I've been playing with processing.js today. It's been months since the last time I did any programming. This is a new version of the Bezier Matrix found in my home page hamoid.com, but this time using no Flash. I only tested it on Chromium, hopefully it works on other browsers. Please let me know on the comments :)

Round shape below the surface

Today I drove past the airport carrying a bag full of stones. I drove next to the coast, and down a very steep slope. I walked under the hot sun in small paths made of sandstone powder. A place that looks very interesting. Hundreds of years ago it was a sandstone quarry. Between the sea and cliffs covered with rocks and plants that can survive with little water. Not many people go there, probably because it's not very accessible, there is no sand to put your towel on, and getting out of the water after swimming is not always easy thanks to the sea urchins. Surrounded by geometric surfaces, mixed with collapsed walls and large rocks that have fallen down, it looks like the ruins of an ancient civilization.
I jumped into the water with the bag full of stones. The shore is full of irregular rocks which are mostly covered with submarine plants. I had to swim about 50 meters into the sea to find an area with no plants, just sand. I dived several times until all my stones where placed in a circular shape, resting on the sand 4 meters below the surface. I've never been able to dive very deep so I had to get used to the depth, compensating the pressure by attempting to blow air through my nose while holding it closed with two fingers. This way I could avoid the pain on my ears.
There will lay my round message for someone else to discover until the waves translate it to a language with no grammar.

Pick Up Spore - Live 2007

This is the recording of my performance in Mallorca. This was meant to be played in the Pitch Festival, but it was cancelled last minute, so I played in an open air bar next to the cathedral (Ses Voltes). I find this piece as a movie without images. It includes different types of sounds: field recording I did using SoundMan binaural microphones outdoors, sometimes I mounted the recorder in my SoundGun:
Those microphones are normally mounted in your ears, and they record the true 3D sound as we humans hear it. The 3D effect is so real that, when using headphones, I kept turning around when I heard my cellphone beep to realize again that it was coming out of my headphones and not from my phone.
The piece also includes synthesized sounds, classical instruments, and non conventional instruments too. To me the track represents life on this planet, including beauty, rain, destruction, money...