Radio Reconstructions
Bulley, James and Jones, Daniel.
2013.
Radio Reconstructions.
In: "Sound Arts", Queen Elizabeth Hall, United Kingdom, 9 May 2013.
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Radio Reconstructions is a sound installation which use indeterminate radio broadcasts as its raw material.
Each piece is structured by a notated score, which controls its rhythm, dynamics and melodic contour over time. The audio elements used to enact this score are selected in real-time from unknown radio transmissions, by an autonomous software system which is continuously scanning the radio waves in search of similar fragments of audio. Using a technique known as audio mosaicing, hundreds of these fragments are played back in an attempt to reconstruct the original score.
The result is a piece whose timbre is ever-shifting, and contingent on the content of countless radio streams from around the globe.
Item Type | Performance |
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Keywords | radio, reconstructions, sound art, installation, music, composition, indeterminacy, chance-based, generative, score |
Departments, Centres and Research Units |
Music Music > Unit for Sound Practice Research |
Date Deposited | 05 Jun 2015 12:01 |
Last Modified | 21 Jul 2017 14:33 |
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2584-0132