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Network Dynamics in Sustainable: a robotic sound installation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2005

DAVID BIRCHFIELD ,
DAVID LORIG  and
KELLY PHILLIPS
DAVID BIRCHFIELD
Affiliation:
Arts, Media and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA E-mail: dbirchfield@asu.edu, david.lorig@asu.edu, crowbar@asu.edu
DAVID LORIG
Affiliation:
Arts, Media and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA E-mail: dbirchfield@asu.edu, david.lorig@asu.edu, crowbar@asu.edu
KELLY PHILLIPS
Affiliation:
Arts, Media and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA E-mail: dbirchfield@asu.edu, david.lorig@asu.edu, crowbar@asu.edu
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Abstract

The network serves as a conceptual, metaphorical, practical and musical force that drives Sustainable, a dynamic robotic sound installation. The piece is comprised of seven autonomous water gong nodes that are networked together by water tubes to distribute water throughout the system. A water resource allocation algorithm guides this distribution process and produces an ever-evolving sonic and visual texture. A simple set of behaviours govern the individual gongs, and the system as a whole exhibits emergent properties that yield local and large-scale forms in sound and light that are visually and musically compelling.

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Type
Research Article
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Organised Sound , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , December 2005 , pp. 267 - 274
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2005

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