Bartholomäus Traubeck’s Years is a record player...

Bartholomäus Traubeck’s Years is a record player that plays slices of wood instead of vinyl.

About the work:

A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music. It is mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appearance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong texture to light texture). The foundation for the music is certainly found in the defined ruleset of programming and hardware setup, but the data acquired from every tree interprets this ruleset very differently.

You can hear a sample of the beautiful music that results in this video:

YEARS from Bartholomäus Traubeck on Vimeo.

Posted: March 3, 2012 | Notes: 30 | Source: designtaxi.com | Share:

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Os recomiendo y mucho ver el vídeo, a mi me ha puesto la piel de gallina. Es como la banda sonora de la vida de un...
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