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  FM Timbre Experiment

  08.25.13 | Permalink | 2 Comments

    Two images were split into their RGB channels. The three color values were then fed to a FM synth patch in nine second intervals. Each image is ~2:25 with three seconds of silence between. Rough and raw, but it’s a start.

• A-Life, Amergent music, Collaborations, Current works, Experiments, Film, Game Audio, Generative music, Past works, Research, Sound Art, Teaching, Uncategorized, Writing

  Der Leiermann (process experiments)

  08.25.13 | Permalink | Comments Off

      The Organ-Grinder (Der Leiermann) by Wilhelm Müllertranslation by Barry Mitchell   Up behind the village The organ grinder has his pitch He stands barefoot or shuffles On the frozen ground   With stiff fingers He coaxes out the sound His saucer is empty Gifts for him are rare   No one listens to […]

• Collaborations, Generative music

  Waveforms: The Art of Sound

  02.16.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  This short documentary (shot and produced by Nathan Crowder) walks viewers through the highlights of Waveforms. The gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter was originally shown as part of Waveforms in the fall of 2011. The work is now on exhibit in the Fox Building of the Meyerhoff Gallery at the Maryland Institute College […]

• A-Life, Amergent music, Collaborations, Current works, Experiments, Film, Game Audio, Generative music, Past works, Research, Sound Art, Teaching, Uncategorized, Writing

  Radio Interview

  01.28.13 | Permalink | Comments Off

  “This week on Artworks, artist Rowland Ricketts talks about his work with natural indigo, which he grows and processes according to traditional Japanese methods. Ricketts’ I am Ai—We are Ai project is one of many reasons he was the first Indiana resident to be awarded a $50,000 grant as a United States Artists Fellow.  Yael Ksander will […]

• Amergent music, Collaborations, Current works, Generative music

  I am Ai, We are Ai. Bandai warehouse installation

  11.01.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Producer & Lead Textile Artist: Rowland Ricketts Sound: Norbert Herber This work is at the Bandai Warehouse in Tokushima City, Tokushima Japan through December 16, 2012. For hours and location: http://iamai.jp/en/tenji.html “I am Ai, We are Ai.” is a partner work with “Fields of Indigo” (also by Ricketts and Herber), an installation at the Krannert […]

• A-Life, Amergent music, Collaborations, Current works, Experiments, Film, Game Audio, Generative music, Past works, Research, Sound Art, Teaching, Uncategorized, Writing

  I am AI, We are AI & Fields of Indigo

  07.04.12 | Permalink | Comments Off

  I am AI, We are AI and Fields of Indigo (IAWA/FI) are two collaborative efforts currently in-progress between Norbert Herber and textile artist Rowland Ricketts. The combined project combines generative music with live field recordings to create an environment that reflects on the themes of tradition, interconnectivity, and processes of diminution and accretion both in […]

• Collaborations, Current works, Generative music

  Sound Art at Waveforms

  10.21.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  The gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter (Norbert Herber & Rowland Ricketts, 2011) can be seen & heard as part of Waveforms, “an exhibition of interdisciplinary art works showcasing sound as the principle component. This exhibition explores, through an examination of creative and artistic practices, the interface of sound and new media technologies. The […]

• Amergent music, Collaborations, Past works, Research, Writing

  ‘Pac-Man Pop Music’ Chapter Available as PDF

  01.04.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  My chapter ‘The Composition-Instrument: emergence, improvisation and interaction in games and new media’ appeared in the book From Pac-Man to Pop Music: interactive audio in games and new media, edited by Karen Collins in 2007. This chapter is now available by permission of the Publishers of ‘The Composition-Instrument: emergence, improvisation and interaction in games and new […]

• A-Life, Amergent music, Research

  Documentation: Sound Garden 2009

  12.14.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  For one week each year, the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts gathers creators and performers of new media arts from around the world to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul (USA) to showcase their work to the public. I was invited to Spark 2009 to show my installation Sound Garden and give a […]

• Amergent music, Collaborations, Current works, Generative music

  FOUND

  09.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7PM @ 101E. 6th Street Bloomington, Indiana 7PM – 1AM / All ages welcome $5 / Beer and wine cash bar A globally cool, local evening of art, design and creative industries celebrating sustainable practices. FOUND is an extravaganza of sights, sounds and interactions with artists, designers, creatives, musicians, DJs, VJs […]

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