... a generative composition in twelve movements. Six movements have been completed and are available here as downloadable files. Three pieces from the current collection are on exhibit at the Blue Armory (Virginia, USA).
Sensorium Scan is a generative Robin Rimbaud (a.k.a. Scanner) quote sampler - a reconstructed collage of a lecture Rimbaud gave at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 1996 Melbourne Fringe and Cyberfringe Festival.
Each of the six movements could be described as an aural metaphor for Rimbaud's foray into scanning culture, the source of much of his creations. Sensorium Scan, commentary and discourse re-contextualised by the generative process of the composition and the software that assists in its mutation.
Generative music is never heard the same twice. Sensorium Scan, in its true form, is ever changing. It was created with Koan generative music software from SSEYO.
Robin Rimbaud's talk was made possible with the support of the Australian Network for Art and Technology, Contemporary Art and Technology, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Sensorium Scan was made possible with the generous assistance of SSEYO KoanMusic and WiredAudio.
Listen to Sensorium Scan generatively with Koan software, and pre-recorded versions with RealAudio or Shockwave.
Alternatively, listen to individual samples, download and construct your own version of Sensorium Scan. If you do, send us a copy and we'll add it to the Sensorium.
RealAudio
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| Memory |
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Courtesy of WiredAudio.
Koan File Support
Hardware: PC, Windows 95 or 3.1. Creative Labs AWE32 / AWE64 with additional RAM, or Turtle Beach with Sample Store and WavePatch compatibility, or suitable sampler.
Software: KoanWeb or Koan-X. WinZip.
Supplied: Koan SKP and Soundfonts. Koan SKP and WavePatch (WFB). Wave files (22hz, 16bit).
Courtesy of SSEYO.
Shockwave
Software: Shockwave Plugin (support for streaming audio).
Supplied: Three movements from Sensorium Scan - Listening, Memory and Methodology.
Courtesy of the Blue Armory (Note, this organisation no longer active).
Contact
If you need any assistance with Sensorium Scan, let us know.
If there is anything we can do to improve features on this site, feedback and suggestions are always welcome.
Email studio@toysatellite.org.
