an aleatoric ensemble
hacked USB turntables, 9v batteries, dc motor controllers, laser cut plywood, various tins, balls and boxes, rubber bands, santalum acuminatum seeds, marbles, string, bric-a-brac
dimensions variable
year of production 2016
'an aleatoric ensemble' comprises an open-ended number of similar units, each using a small modified USB turntable as the core component. The important modification is the installation of a DC Motor Controller to allow for variable speed RPM (revolutions per minute).
Laser cut plywood platens, roughly the size of a vinyl LP, attach to the turntable. These platens serve as a surface for the installation of combinations of trays, boxes and tins which have been prepared by trapping or placement of various balls, spherical seeds (eg Santalum acuminatum), marbles, discs, cylinders and other small objects.
Set in motion, the constructions turn, objects move, balls roll, surfaces are struck - a strangely captivating, repetitive but always slightly variant musicality is perpetually generated.
Multiple turntables with various combinations of prepared objects are set in motion simultaneously to create complex soundscapes. Each instrument/device can be played by slight variations in RPM, and the addition or subtraction of sounding devices (pingpong balls, bottle caps, tape dispenser cores, quandong seeds, marbles, superballs, etc).
an aleatoric ensemble
hacked USB turntables, 9v batteries, dc motor controllers, laser cut plywood, various tins, balls and boxes, rubber bands, santalum acuminatum seeds, marbles, string, bric-a-brac
dimensions variable
year of production 2016
'an aleatoric ensemble' comprises an open-ended number of similar units, each using a small modified USB turntable as the core component. The important modification is the installation of a DC Motor Controller to allow for variable speed RPM (revolutions per minute).
Laser cut plywood platens, roughly the size of a vinyl LP, attach to the turntable. These platens serve as a surface for the installation of combinations of trays, boxes and tins which have been prepared by trapping or placement of various balls, spherical seeds (eg Santalum acuminatum), marbles, discs, cylinders and other small objects.
Set in motion, the constructions turn, objects move, balls roll, surfaces are struck - a strangely captivating, repetitive but always slightly variant musicality is perpetually generated.
Multiple turntables with various combinations of prepared objects are set in motion simultaneously to create complex soundscapes. Each instrument/device can be played by slight variations in RPM, and the addition or subtraction of sounding devices (pingpong balls, bottle caps, tape dispenser cores, quandong seeds, marbles, superballs, etc).