Custom Catastrophe, by robgillthings

Custom Catastrophe

by robgillthings

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$10 CAD or more

1.	crash 04:02	buy track
2.	cartoon1 05:20	buy track
3.	cartoon2 04:02	buy track
4.	cartoon3 04:24	buy track
5.	cartoon4 04:34	buy track
6.	cartoon5 04:06	buy track
7.	cartoon6 03:24	buy track
8.	radio 03:39	buy track
9.	Menu Advisor - music 04:53	buy track
10.	Menu Advisor - text 05:30	buy track

about

Interactive installation presented on July 22, 2023 in downtown Huntsville, Ontario, Canada for Nuit Blanche North.
Programmed in C++ using OpenFrameworks and a Kinect depth of field sensor.
Using a complex system based on 'self-organizing criticality', 3D objects were generated and activated (forces were applied to them causing them to burst into activity) by participant's proximity to the sensor. The closer people were, the crazier the motion of the objects and the accompanying sounds were. Samples were triggered by all collisions between objects, thereby forming the audio compositions you hear in this release. The eventual arrangements of the objects formed by the spontaneous activity produced animations with sound and also finished still shots that I will be producing paintings from.
The activity of participants was recorded as arbitrary arrangements of 3D objects and the sounds which, together, serve as documents of living presence - the presence of the participants, the environment and context within which the work was encountered, and the presence of the author of the work (me).

links to website project and event pages where you will find replays of the animations, video from the event, and a thorough description::

robgillthings.net/projects/custom-catastrophe/

robgillthings.net/shows/evnets/nuit-blanche-north-series/custom-catastrophe/

This was the first time I have programmed in C++, used OpenFrameworks, and used the Kinect - extremely nerve-wracking throughout the six months I was developing this project and I did not know if it was going to work right up until the morning of - but thankfully, by some great miracle, it did!
Expect to see more work from me like this.

credits

released August 4, 2023

license

about

robgillthings Ontario

Using art as the medium to study psyche.
newsletter sign-up form: robgillthings.net/email-list-sign-up-form- page/
I develop various strategies through software design, generative art, interactive web apps, audio art, computer animation, and painting to reveal various aspects of psyche and living presence. ... more

contact / help

Contact robgillthings

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like robgillthings, you may also like:

In Succession
by Ben Peers

Riveting modular synth music built from repeating and non-repeating patterns, “In Succession” is a beautiful, kaleidoscopic work. Bandcamp New & Notable May 3, 2021
go to album
111
by Louis Carnell

A collection of tracks from the singer and multi-disciplinary artist's 111 collaboration series, featuring KMRU, Laraaji, and others. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 25, 2024
go to album
The Fifth Season (Versions)
by Lafawndah

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 9, 2024
go to album
Ninsei Lane
by Max Dahlhaus

Throbbing dark electronic music that summons visions of forbidding caves and stormy nights. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 27, 2023
go to album
Rhizomes
by Aho Ssan

With guest appearances from clipping., Nicolas Jaar, Angel Bat Dawid & more, “Rhizomes” is a dense experimental masterpiece. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 6, 2023
go to album
Minerals (Versions)
by Hot Rocks

featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 12, 2023
go to album
Away Back In
by Raw Poetic. Feat. Damu the Fudgemunk

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 25, 2023
go to album