Rhythm of Time
26th of March
A long-form generative art project exploring abstract, living landscapes
Finding a visual aproach
For the past six months, I have continued exploring how to visualize the soundscape. I aim to plot the results with a graphite pencil. I'm trying to reduce the amount of lines to make it possible to plot with the goal to plot one artwork on one day. The process is not entirely automatic—I use a mechanical pencil and need to manually advance the lead approximately every 30 minutes.
To create contrast, I divide the lines into shorter segments, producing a fading effect. The spacing between the lines also adds depth.
Previously, the motifs were drawn around the center, but by introducing a slow wavelength across the artwork, I discovered a more interesting result.
13th of January, 2024
The background for the project
In August 2020 I wrote a soundscape that, to me, felt like a sculpture. There’s something ubiquitous in sound that touches our deepest emotions, and that is precisely what I am seeking.
The idea is to generate audio artworks based on this soundscape. But I also want to combine it with visuals.
A soundscape study
This is a soundscape study where I want to discover the shapes of sound, and then combine this assets into a landscape.
By seeing sound I might be able to find what patterns trigger our emotions. Here are examples of different sounds and how they look when I play them through the algorithm.
White noise.
White noise with a sweeping lowpass filter.
Short sinewaves that sounds like bells.
A square note with a low pitch
A square note with a high pitch
A flash!
A sine wave with a raising pitch.
A triangle wave with a raising pitch.
A saw wave with a raising pitch.
A note with a low frequency oscillator modulating the pitch.
If you combine different parts together it could look like this:
At the beginning of 2024, I decided to change the direction of the project. I felt that I wasn't fully succeeding in integrating the soundscape with the visuals. At that time, it looked like this:
I have since explored several different directions without being satisfied. In June 2024, I went on an inspiration trip to Japan. This gave me many new ideas. I was especially inspired by the gardens in the Zen Buddhist temples, particularly their rock gardens.
