Startin da Final

I'm pretty excited and nervous about this semester's final. If it comes together the way I want it to, I think it'll be well received. I'm hoping work doesn't start to walk all over my time, but I think I managed it pretty well, having received a 99% on my art history final. Just hafta keep busy and schedule stuff out. I've already started getting sounds, so now I just need to finalize the design for the "speaker", that'll happen this weekend at the latest. Nothin like making art.

Research Sites

For cymatics, Dwight has been a huge help, and pointed me in some directions, but self discovery is also great. There's a book in the library that's pretty great, and then Dwight has a few videos and writings that really help.

Here are some links to things that I've found interesting (there's a lot of repetition of info out there, but these sites seem pretty encompassing):

http://Cymatica.net/

http://www.cymascope.com/cyma_research/history.html

I know that my theoretical finished work will not look like cymatic designs, but I think there will still be interesting patterns in the chaos that results from my composition effecting the water.

Fractals in nature are a lot more new to me, so theres a lot more to learn.

This link dives deep into the fractal nature of some sounds as well as composition. It will be useful when thinking about composing.

http://www.tursiops.cc/fm/

This one has some pretty great theory to think about.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/11501198/Fractal-Sound

I really find this picture interesting.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladysafety/3189730876/

It's clear that theres a lot to read on the subjects, and people have already showed interest in both, but this next step in my visualization of sound could form some interesting endpoints that can inform other works on down the road.

Busy

The surgery is over and everything is going well, but its required a lot of time away from my work. I feel like I'm playing catch up, and its not alright. Everything will work out in the end. I think for my project I'm going to compose an ambient sound piece out of different recordings of water and then build a water speaker that will visualize the sound. I could then research cymatics, and fractal sounds since they reflect the nature of water in some of its sounds.

Midterm

After reshooting twice and thinking a ton, my midterm crit is over. I feel as though it went pretty well and I learned a lot more about how to present my work. I think that changing my title helped a lot, as well as all of the things that were mentioned in my preliminary class critique. Dad's surgery is on Friday. At least there's less on my plate.

Project Update

Shooting and reshooting went well. Editing is doing the same. I think I'll have a few different versions of the piece. Not too far off till my dad's surgery. Work work work work work.