Papalote LeijaMedia Art Installation - Performance

Juan Duarte

what is about

1. Media experiment with a kite.2. Interaction works as a sound generator.3. Non destructive game, self contemplative.4. Intervention of public space: Situationist

practice.5. Narrative level: human voice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfXZeQmS4KY

Is it a media installation?

Not in itself:

So far it has presented as a performance. Regarding Media Art Installation exhibition it will take place either before or during the opening of exhibition.

But it can be an installation too:

As a loop display of data recorded from performance. Then played from computer.

Video

Who will fly the kite?

It can be me but I encourage someone else to try it.

The purpose is to have a collective recording where each can provide his own description on voice about experience with system provided.

This collective recording will be combined with data picked from the performance flight. And sound processed accordingly for installation.

Design

Two kind of kites

1. Sensor carrier2. Wind mechanical sound generator

sensor kite

Sensor equipment

1. Arduino Fio2. Xbee receiver / transmitter3. Analog accelerometer4. GPS and or Barometer5. Beagle board or Raspberry pie (MCP3008) - to make it portable as possible.6. Processing (data collection) and PD (real time signal processing)

generative sound kite

Aeolian harp: "the sound of the line"

Piezo pickup for musical instruments

1. The pickup was fixed with cellulose tape on the "line telephone's" membrane.

2. Or the pickup was just held between forefinger and thumb, another part of the hand contacting the vibrating line. The line tones need sometimes considerable dampening.... they can be VERY loud...

3. To hear the whole sound of the "ensemble", an acoustic microphone was used.

http://www.windmusik.com/html/soundex.htm

One more video