wandering
wireless performance
by manu/mukul/muth
with mU!/minna/malo and agent gav
 |
a
leash of minstrels sings streets into existence leashed by time's ticks
tricyclic
at the tryst: journeys unwound |
One
roamer at a time left the building by bicycle with the PDA
and GPS. The route was drawn live on the screen using OpenGL commands
in Jitter to connect the discrete position fixes that were received in
30 second intervals.
The TRyPTiCHON application on the PDA allowed the roamers to chose between
4 modes or tags that could potentially affect
the translation and interpretation of the location data, in terms of line
width, colour, etc. However, during DMZ we did not make use of the modes;
instead, the roamer called in to mark a specific location, or to change
the colour of the trace. The call-in was triggered by environmental changes
that affected the roamer’s mood. The route taken by the roamer was
chosen on a more-or-less ad-hoc basis (see the report
from Agent Gav).
Each
audio/video stream is modified by being passed through a Max/MSP/Jitter
patch. The control data for the streams is translated into Open Sound
Control, a protocol that allows data for Max to be sent over a network.
The processed streams are to be combined and presented (as audio+video).
As
a piece of applied research, TRyPTiCHON is devised to accelerate the development
of processes and hard+soft network structures for later use in the telematic
theatre piece flipflop. For
now, its best described as a jam. Salient relationships between the data
sets will be chosen for incorporation into the live performance piece.
TRYPTiCHON was premiered at the DMZ
Festival London, Nov 2003.
