Today (Thursday May 9) is the last day to see my installation Singing Room for a Shy Person at Clocktower Gallery in Manhattan. Your next chance to see it will probably be at the Tinguely Museum in Switzerland this Fall.
http://artonair.org/residency/ranjit-bhatnagar-singing-room-for-a-shy-person
Singing Room was made possible by the Metamatic Research Initiative.
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A bar clamp with fishing line stretched over it. Amplified with a contact mic.
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I took the teensy screamer (day 12) and hooked it up to a computer to get a slightly less horrible sound.
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Ambient sound of the street through the intercom.
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I taught a workshop at NYC Resistor with floppy fabric toy synthesizers. (Previous video: www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/8370894693/)
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Actually two whistles in one. Warmup for Sunday’s laser whistles workshop.
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Music wire + guitar pickup.
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A simple kazoo made from laser-cut wood and cellophane from a package of teabags.
Download the laser plans and instructions here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:50286
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I stuck an accelerometer on a Teensy microcontroller. That part was easy. But I had some trouble getting a nice sound out of it. I’ll try again later.
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It’s hard to drum along with the lucky cat when every hit changes his tempo!