Blog – 04

I am most inspired by the work of ‘FORMS – String Quartet’. They are a live multimedia performance for a string quartet, electronic music, and panoramic visuals. Their project resides in the field of visual sonification, which means making sound through visual elements. I admire their work because it not only includes shapes, colors, and movement but also includes sound. When all of those elements come together it creates a completely immersive and engaging experience. Their project uses a real-time visual music score generator that is designed with a set of rules using graphic generation, driven by randomness and probability. On their website, they claim to use spectral synthesis algorithms to transform sound into graphics. These graphics are very interesting because they change shape, size, and color, and differ depending on if the music is transformed into bass or treble. For instance, if the notes are bass the graphic prints at the bottom of the screen, whereas if the notes are treble the graphics are printed towards the top of the screen.

https://www.creativeapplications.net/maxmsp/forms-string-quartet/ (2021)

By: Katie Makarska