Processing
Still continuing studying Processing. Halfway with exercises from the book ‘Processing, A Programming Handbook for Visual designers and Artists’ by Casey Reas and Ben Fry. I decided to write down my experiences during the study. Below is an attempt in finding the right drawing coordinates of the Russian word ‘LEF’ (from LEF Magazine) as designed by Alexander Rodchenko in 1923. I used the coordinates as input for a 2D array of the Data 4: Arrays exercises.
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Subsidy
We received a subsidy from the Société Gavigniès to produce the DVD Fantasy in Orbit.
Data visualization
Orientating at this moment in the field of data visualization.
Photography
We have arranged a flight to Iceland. It will be a short photography week. We are still not sure which locations we will visit.
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Time and Photography, Hilde van Gelder
The poetics of space, Altena, Sonic Acts
MyiPhone, Brad Miser
Socrates, CCW Taylor
A Book Of Silence, Sara Maitland
The Hidden Dimension, Edward T Hall
Ableton Live 8, Keith Robinson
Music Theory, Michael Hewitt
At Work, Annie Leibovitz
CSS, The definitive Guide, Eric A Meyer
Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, T Hartmann
Seen
12, Nikita Mikhalkov
Das Weisse Band, Michael Haneke
London River, Rachid Bouchareb
CHE, Steven Soderbergh
44 Inch Chest, Malcom Venville
Birth, Jonathan Glazer
Dare mo shiranai, Hirokazu Koreeda
Blackboards, Samira Makhmalbaf
Opium, diary of a madwoman, Janos Szaz
Das Leben der Anderen, Von Donnersmarck
My architect, Nathaniel Kahn
Rabbit-Proof Fence, Phillip Noyc
Ten on ten, Abbas Kiarostami
City of Men, P Barcinski, R Casé
Domésticas, Fernando and Nando Olival
Coffee and Cigarettes, Jim Jarmusch
Funny Games, Michael Haneke
I Love Dollars, Johan van der Keuken
La Femme de Gilles, Frédéric Fonteyne
Heard
Sonic Universe, SomaFM
Groove Salad, SomaFM
le poème électronique, Edgard Varése
State of Monc, Clipperton Extended
Fantasy in Orbit
In 1962 Philips asked Tom Dissevelt to compose an entire LP of electronic music. This LP project (14 tracks) was originally called ‘CheckPoints’ and depicted a journey around the world. The tunes had titles like: Mexico, Africa, Pacific or Australia. However, with the success of Dick Raaijmakers ‘Song of the Second Moon’ in mind, Philips wanted an album that would appeal to the current popular curiosity about outer space. Upon its release in 1964, the LP was renamed to Fantasy In Orbit.
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Zombies en Fundamentalisten
In deze documentaire gaat Dr Konrad Boehmer (Berlijn 1941) dieper in op de eerste muzikale ervaringen die hij had tijdens Le Poème Électronique op de Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling in 1958. Verder vertelt hij hoe zijn relatie was met KH Stockhausen en GM Koenig. Ook verduidelijkt hij zijn stellingname tijdens de Vietnam oorlog en zijn werk bij STEM en Vrij Nederland. Hij praat over zijn werkzaamheden bij Sonologie. Hoe hij het Nederlands onderwijs en zijn werk voor de Buma Stemra ziet in verhouding met de tegenwoordige muziek-industrie die muziek ziet als content. Verder komen zijn vrienden (Willem Breuker, Erwin Roebroeks, Wouter Snoei en Kees Tazelaar) aan het woord.
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Kamer 306
Nederlandse Elektronische Muziek uit het Philips Natuurkundig laboratorium 1956-1960. Van 1956 to 1960 vond er op het Philips NatLab een bijzondere ontwikkeling plaats. Aangemoedigd door Walter Maas, oprichter van de stichting Gaudeamus, richtte Roelof Vermeulen, groepsleider van de Acoustic afdeling bij Philips, een studio op voor elektronische muziek. Deze 70 minuten durende documentaire gaat in op de motieven en de achtergrond van de componisten, technici en collega’s hierbij waren betrokken.
Room 306
Dutch Electronic Music from the Philips Research Laboratory 1956-1960. From 1956 to 1960 the NatLab enjoyed exceptional development. At the instigation of Walter Maas, head of the Gaudeamus Foundatioin at the time, Roelof Vermeulen, head of the Acoustic group at Philips, agreed to set up an electronic music studio in the Philips NatLab. This 70-minute documentary examines the background and the motives of the composers, technicians and colleagues involved in this development.
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Currently we are working together with Kees Tazelaar (Institute of Sonology, The Hague) on a 2D interpretation of le poème électronique. We try to follow the Minutage of March 2th 1958 as described by Jean Petit. Jeanne de Bont has made a version of the original screenfont for begin and end-titles. The third version has to be final. Final versions will be available in HD/SD/widescreen. Eventually an analogue film-version will be produced by the Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.
