A barometric pressure sensor weighs the atmosphere. A micro-controller and a digital to analogue converter (DAC) produce a variable voltage that corresponds to pressure changes. This control voltage (CV) is connected to a synthesizer and a servo motor. In the synthesizer barometric pressure, voltage, and pitch, rise and fall together. Several blades of grass have…
Category: Kinetic Sculpture
What is synthesis? A synthesizer produces control voltages (CV) and audible oscillations in electronic circuits. Its sounds are made of electricity. Unlike the amplification of vibrating strings, the synthesizer is a wholly electronic instrument. CVs can include audio frequency oscillations but are more often lower frequency signals or triggered voltage events. The modular synthesizer uses…
Treatment (Fleming Street), marks a shift in my practice. This work was created for the 2022 Cementa Festival. It was the first Expanded Synthesis installation. The first work that I’ve made specifically for a space that is not a gallery. The first time that I’ve shown work that comes from applying the knowledge that I’ve…
When I first described this project with synthesizers, I gave it the title ‘Synthesis’. I now realise that was a placeholder. There was a word missing. ‘Expanded Synthesis’ has the benefit of being more descriptive, more philosophical, and more poetic. My work with synthesizers is about expanding the functioning of synth modules. I am expanding…