Without a trace…

A sand bowl that swallows all people’s activities without a trace – all reset to a breeze 

人々の営みをすべて痕跡も無く呑み込む砂の器ー一陣の風に総てがリセット – Kawai Tsuneo

(日本語 nihongo >> google translate >> english)

Desert Improvisation Experiments – Day 5

For our last day we decided to get up before the sun, hike in, and record dance and flute alone without the projections and sound manipulations. It was a beautiful way to end our wonderful time in a magical place.

We also captured some “singing sand” sounds by causing small avalanches to happen while walking down a soft steep dune. This is an interesting effect that happens in this desert where sand particles rub against each other and resonate at audible frequencies producing trombone like sounds:

Starting out:

Kiori hiking up with the setting moon (that’s not the sun!):

Pre, during, and post-recording, the sun is up!

Sunrise and moonset at the same time:
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Dune texture:
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Desert Improvisation Experiments – Day 4

We returned to the Day 3 location. We were satisfied with the setup and wanted to explore further. The wind was stronger, but we persisted. We decided we wanted to experiment with some other visuals to see what we like.

Results:

After trying out many different projected visuals we found ourselves attracted more to projecting the code, oddly enough. The water visuals were also nice, but without a brighter projector and a more deeply adequate low-light camera, we weren’t able to capture those images so well. We realized that we’re starting to reach the limits of what we can do with the equipment we brought on this trip.

Details:

Lat/Lon: 23°00’36.5″N 53°45’39.6″E

Wind speed: ~21 kph

I put it in a desert, but it is not harmful…

Maybe. Since I borrowed 4 WD this time, I put it in a desert, but it is not harmful, it was scared to be buried and the union will be lost and heard that it will be lost in this muddy but also in the mirrors. But in the desert, I want to go to Mars.

たぶん。今回は4WDを借りたので、ちょっと砂漠の中に入れたのだけど、やっぱ慣れてないし、車輪が埋もれて動かなくなると怖いので、この車見て急いでもとの車道にもどることにしたよ。でも、ほんと砂漠の中は火星みたいだねえ。

(日本語 nihongo >> google translate >> english)

Desert Improvisation Experiments – Day 3

The wind was still going, but much less than yesterday. Projecting down onto a dune was a good strategy, the results were much better.

Setup: We used some wood to angle the projector down. We’re up on a cliff adjacent to another dune across a small valley. Part of the dune we were projecting onto was above us, but because the projector was an ultra-short throw, it could cover the entire dune.

Far shot:

Results: We were very excited. We’re starting to move towards something we like, though it is hard to capture good video in such low light with the cameras we have (it’s also hard to play the flute in strong wind!). We tried Kiori dancing with the live code environment projected, as well as in water footage. The water footage was much dimmer, even with a 5000 lumen projector.

Code:

Water:

Video:

Details:

Lat/Lon: 23°00’36.5″N 53°45’39.6″E

Wind speed: ~19 kph