moonmilk http://moonmilk.com Ranjit Bhatnagar Thu, 09 May 2013 14:18:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 last day for Singing Room http://moonmilk.com/2013/05/09/last-day-for-singing-room/ http://moonmilk.com/2013/05/09/last-day-for-singing-room/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 14:17:41 +0000 ranjit http://moonmilk.com/?p=948 Continue reading →]]> node-image_4
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!

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