original drawings realised with a harmonograph by joseph gooldmusical drawing:
in the 19th century, sound had for the first time made a literal translation into drawing and was considered a remarkable phenomenon, though it had already been somewhat predicted by mathematicians. the physical reality of acoustic vibrations was then transformed into graphs by means of simple pendular mechanisms known as the harmonograph or auto-vibration recorder.
text loosely translated from la infancia de las vanguardias - juan bordes - cátedra - 2007
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also of interest, the new langton arts center is exhibiting a great show on musical notation called every sound you can imagine. if you are in the san francisco area, i highly recommend going, there are some real gems in this one...
they are also having an ongoing series of performances in conjunction with the show. last night the young gossamer and arthur memory had the wonderful opportunity to see loren chasse and steve roden perform what was called 'the gift', i think i have decided that when i am to be laid down into the earth, i would want be hearing the lovely tunes i heard this night.
Beautiful stuff. Thanks for sharing.
thanks for the friendly words ! much appreciated...
These remind me a bit of the Polish short film Cineforms, which I saw a few months ago. Entirely different point and process, but similarly-beautiful.
your page is such sweetness to my eyes.
thanks much, junecast.
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pacze moj, i hadn't seen or heard of the cineforms, sounds like something really lovely. will have to keep an eye out for it !
Very nice. It's good to see a real-world harmonographs
thanks very much !
i agree and it would be even more wonderful to be able to see these in their original form on paper...
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