It isdifficult to wrestle a project into a preconceived shape with strict parameters and defined edges. Fuzziness abounds--control is slippery. Things take on a life of their own. Cadence was a sound/video piece installed as part of Hack.Art.Lab's rEvolve exhibit at Diver Studio in Wichita KS from November 31 through December 4, 2008. The project drew the viewer to be an active collaborator --- one among a team of artists, musicians and engineers --- to produce a unique set of works that explore the lifecycle of a creative project with an unpredictable outcome. Using a microcontroller, sensors, pre-recorded audio, and a computer readout, Cadence threw participants into the very same process begun by the original team of creators. On entering a small dark room on the second floor of the gallery, participants saw a bicycle with an LCD display mounted in the front instructing them to sit on the bicycle. Once they sat, they were thrown into a controlled world, forced into the role of a creator. The display in front of them would tell them to pedal and read aloud, and the speed of their pedaling affected their experience aurally and visually. Surrounded by three speakers in the room, they experienced shifting sound manipulations of their own voice as well as a repeating cadence of key words from the creators. Meanwhile a camera and microphone captured their sounds and movement. On another floor of the gallery, people watched the resulting live created video and audio created ...
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