Cassandra E Jackson

A theatrical audio performance fusion that uses choreography and custom hardware to sculpt sound from movement while telling tales of witchcraft. Born May 2016, this group is still in its infantile stages. More to come... 

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Artists: Benjamin F Carney and Cassandra E Jackson

Medium: 24-ft panel, speakers, IR sensors, computer, custom hardware and software

Tetra-path is an instrument engineered to explore the playfulness between sound and people within public spaces. A structure for framing sound that is built entirely from hacked electronics, scrapped equipment and open source hardware and software. The framework exhibits an array of eight speakers and sixteen infrared sensors that detect movement and position data of passers by. This data is used to manipulate software written in a real time audio application, such as MAX/MSP or Pure data. The original prototype is a program written to capture the listener's position and speed which, in turn, adjusts a granular synthesis playback engine to manipulate a sound file to mimic the movement, speed and direction of the listener, in essence, making the listener a "playhead" of a sound file in physical space. In other words, the human body becomes a live audio scrubber that can access infinite points within sound. 

Intension

The possibilities of compositions written for the piece are not limited to this behavior, in fact it is designed to adapt to new systems. Just as any instrument can play more than one song, Tetra-path can play more than one program.  Other programs that were exhibited on this piece included simple interactive melody playback, field recording installation and controlled environment feedback. Tetra-path has been in public installations and galleries with great success and the intension aims to fabricate a more sustainable version in a public space that is open for anyone’s experience. 

Newest Concept

The evolution of news and how in which we are informed about worldly events is the primary focus of this version. On a broad scope, our analysis explores the advancement of news, from traditional newspaper to net paper with sites that operate to filter headlines by interests, and furthermore a new means of communication that combines these two methods with the convenience of being on foot without paper or a computer. We all scan headlines, whether its the printed newspaper or net paper. For every 20 headlines we read, we might choose 1 to click on and read. This program functions the same as our eyes but instead of starring at words we are walking and listening until something grabs our interest enough to stop and listen. This version scans headlines until people stop, which motion triggers the headline to be read fully or until the persons interest expires. 

Artist: Aural Dilation (Cassandra Jackson and Jordan Stefanelli) 
Title: 08501337 |ˌäbsəˈlēt|
Media: Custom hardware and software  
Duration: Variable dimensions

A study of player dialogues through sound interactivity. 

Medium: Interactive digital meda and virtual polygon renders