viscom: final vinyl design

viscom: vinyl design process

-experimenting with analog

-cut out shapes out of colored transparencies and taped them with clear tape to the table

inverted the colors to make it look more OMINOUS

viscom: mock-up of vinyl design

Edvard Grieg

Holberg Suite for Piano, Op.40: No.1, Prelude

-continuous, overlapping notes in background with main melody

-repetition of same build-up three times

-song depends on swelling of melody for emphasis

attributes: 

light - upbeat and cheery

incessant - no rest throughout song

rolling - back and forth nature of the song

pulsing  - crescendo and decrescendo of background notes with main melody

In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)

-pensive, starts quite then builds and ends in chaos

-sounds sneaky, careful, and mischievous in beginning

attributes:

ominous - impending chaos

linear - the song keeps same melody, just gets louder and faster

careful - song starts with tense, quiet staccato notes

VINYL MOCKUPS

viscom: vinyl covers

viscom: final 2 songs

Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite for piano, OP. 40: No. 1, Prelude

-no rest throughout the whole song

-main simple melody

-continuous, flowing notes in background

-echoing of notes, repetition of same chords

-song depends on swelling of melody for emphasis

-progressively goes up/down in octave

-simple and short, just piano

-light, cheerful, flowing

words that come to mind: running, fast, clean, simple, classical, playful, cheerful, light, constant, flowing, smooth, acceleration, growing & falling, back and forth, quick, natural, melodic, bright, pulsing, oscillating, echoing, vibrating, throbbing, vibrant, ringing, round, nature, continuous, incessant, cursive, fluent, always pushing, rolling, progressive, successive, shimmering

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite (In the Hall of the Mountain King)

-pensive, starts quiet then gets builds, and ends in chaos

-sounds sneaky, careful and mischievous in beginning

-excessive use of cymbals at end (adds to chaos)

-gets faster in tempo, ends on an anxious note

-a little melancholic & ominous

-constant beat in background

-a story with 3 parts: careful, agitated, frantic

words that come to mind: quiet, pensive, agitated, anxious, careful, tip-toe, quiet, apprehensive, fearful, jittery, nervous, ominous, uneasy, shocking, surprising, plucking, jerking, piercing, puncturing, prying, restless, uncomfortable, jittery, edgy, panic, tense, rigid, stiff, worked-up, distressed, crashing, loud, hysterical, frantic, chaos

viscom: visualizing sound

songs i'm thinking about using...

Edward Grieg - Holberg Suite for piano, Op. 40: No. 1, Prelude

sounds really light and flowing

Rimsky Korsakov - Procession of the Nobles

i thought this one would be interesting to visualize

kind of militaristic and rigid but cheery

simon&garfunkel - sound of silence

has a distinct atmosphere and mood

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Frank Sinatra - Chicago

Viscom: more progress on model!

spray painted manipulated, aluminum sheets 

tried different layouts with the panels in relation to the lights

wired in the LED to the bottom of the platform

drilled holes into the platform to place the LED lights

glued in the aluminum sheets to the pathway

FINISHED THE MODEL!

but now we have to do the poster and keynote....

Viscom: progress on model

TENTS

Experimented with materials to figure out what we would
make the panels out of....

Also tried aluminum cans, but it was hard to keep the material
smooth, there were a lot of inconsistencies

slightly spray painted the aluminum

also tried slightly melting acetate over a candle, but it buckled too fast

we cut the platform out of wood...then elevated a section of it...

and then molded clay to form the hills

we bought some ribbon with green felt 

and cut/paste each one

walkway is made of thinner wood, spray painted with a "stone" color

Sara made trees by cutting sections of branches and attaching
fake foliage + real pine

For the short stone walls, Drew cut out some stone to match
the same width and length

we're also adding lights underneath!
it will glow at night and reflect off
of the panels...