Bacterial orchestra
An experimental art installation, the Bacterial Orchestra is a musical organism composed of several audio ‘cells’, which listen to their environment by microphones and play back sounds they pick up in sync via speakers. The individual cells ‘die’ if there us too much or too little imput and each has their own ‘DNA’ that determines how it will react to stimuli. The result is a living musical composition that changes in harmony with its environment. A noise heard by a single cell can grow, as it infects other cells during playback. The Bacterial Orchestra premiered at the New Media Meeting in Norrkoping, Iceland, (December 1, 2006), in an underground corridor, where the reverberationg naked stone walls provided excellent acoustics, while the water dripping on the concrete floor, a constant, base rhythm. As the whole point of the orchestra is its interactive nature, there are no mp3s on their website, and as of now there are no performances scheduled. Support bacteria, it’s the only culture some people have.
The premier of Bacterial Orchestra was at the event New Media Meeting, in Norrköping Sweden
Comment by Peter — January 7, 2008 @ 5:59 am