Light Reading(s): Visual Mix

Light Reading(s): Visual Mix (2003) is a single channel video based on a live performance with a hand-held photocell that varies the flow of electric current according to the amount of light falling upon it. The resulting sound translation is sent through an assortment of custom sensors and vintage processors, generating a luminous single channel video projection and droning, delicate or scratchy surround sound.

http://www.stephenvitiello.com/

Project Created:

10/2003

People: Stephen Vitiello
Project Type: Physical Computing, Video
Tags: performance, sensors, sound, video

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Focal Point Lecture: Stephen Vitiello

Sound media artist Stephen Vitiello will screen and discuss recent work, including Light Reading(s): Visual Mix (2003) currently on view as part of the exhibition What Sound Does A Color Make?. Vitiello's collaborations with visual artists and architecturally based sound installations explore the physicality of sound and its potential to define the form and atmosphere of a spatial environment.

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What Sound Does a Color Make? Eyebeam is pleased to present the premiere of What Sound Does a Color Make?, featuring contemporary and historical works by an internationally diverse group of artists who manipulate sound with image and image with sound. Curated by Kathleen Forde and organized by ICI, What Sound Does a Color Make? includes artists who likewise use technology to inspire a renewed consciousness of highly un-technological experiences — physicality, human cognition, and perception.

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