News
an amazing, ongoing timelapse of #variable4 courtesy of @louismustill – http://www.variable4.org.uk/stream/video
Saturday, 28 May 2011
we’re go! apologies for the delay, but a live audio stream & atmospheric conditions can be found at http://www.variable4.org.uk/stream/
Saturday, 28 May 2011
some magnificent (and obscenely huge) signage, thanks to @aldeburghmusic http://twitpic.com/5395vj
Friday, 27 May 2011
details of coach pickup are winging their way to coachgoers now. please note the slight change of location to shoreditch high street!
Friday, 27 May 2011
tom @fasterthantwitt circular sawing into the earth for speaker cable trenches http://twitpic.com/52t9oq
Thursday, 26 May 2011
for those travelling by coach, we’ll be sending out info later tonight. last few tickets still available: http://www.variable4.org.uk/coach
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Weather forecast
Snape Maltings weather forecast for today: something for everyone. The ideal conditions for Variable 4.
thanks to @thequietus for today’s feature on variable 4: http://thequietus.com/articles/06337-variable-4-snape-maltings-faster-than-sound
Thursday, 26 May 2011
BWS-200 weather station details
up and running with our mp3 streaming server, all set to broadcast a stereo mix of the piece over the whole weekend.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Variable 4 Aldeburgh, Days 1+2
Here in Aldeburgh, the first couple of days of setup have been arduous but fun. Thanks to herculean efforts, we’ve now got speaker trenches dug, circuitous cable runs laid, an operational weather station, an ad hoc surround-sound mixing room with iOS remote controls, a networked outhouse via festooned CAT-5, some lightboxed signage and — imminently — a beautifully-printed artists book to mark and document the installation.
Equipment
We’re departing early tomorrow morning to spend a week’s residency at Aldeburgh, to install, develop and fine-tune the piece in situ. To assemble the requisite vanload of materials and equipment without losing the remnants of our sanity, we’ve created the longest kit list known to humankind. Behold.
Snape Maltings
On the estuary banks of the rivers Alde and Ore, the Snape Maltings arts complex — the soon-to-be home for Variable 4 — has a rich heritage. It is made up of a collection of former Victorian malthouses, which were subsequently discovered by composer Benjamin Britten as a suitable site for a creative hub for the south-east. Britten and Peter Pears led the 1960s redevelopment of the site for their fast-growing annual Aldeburgh Festival, featuring a huge auditorium and several rehearsal spaces.
The auditorium was tragically destroyed by a fire on the opening night of the festival, but was rapidly rebuilt and restored to operation the following year. Now owned by the Aldeburgh Music organisation, it is today used year-round for a large number of concerts, residencies and teaching, alongside countless other attractions: cafes, shops, galleries and tearooms, with food that Variable 4 can highly vouch for.
one year exactly since variable 4 dungeness. one week exactly till variable 4 snape maltings.
Saturday, 21 May 2011
#ff for our ace extended production team: @davecharleswrth @louismustill @lumintwitts @ceciliawee @aldeburghmusic
Friday, 20 May 2011
photo documentation of yesterday’s installation at @goldsmithsUOL: http://www.variable4.org.uk/news/402
Friday, 20 May 2011
Field test, 21 May 2011
Much of the development of Variable 4 has taken place at Goldsmiths, University of London, split between the multiple studios of the EMS (former home to Daphne Oram and much pioneering electronic synthesis) and the GDS (new home to a cutting-edge motion capture setup with 3D audio and projections). We’ve also received logistical funding from the Goldsmiths Annual Fund, an excellent endeavour to support a diverse range of projects through alumnal donations.
We thus thought it apt to select Goldsmiths as the site of a showcase and public testbed for the installation, over the course of 6 hours yesterday. This turned out to be an invaluable dry run for the newly-enlarged score and algorithmic setup, and attracted a number of inquisitive visitors.
now encountering many other climate-related art resources via #datalandscapes @ecoartnotes, @oldweather, @bridgetmck (via @theartscatalyst)
Friday, 20 May 2011
on now: @theartscatalyst‘s data landscapes symposium, on climate models and data art. stream: http://is.gd/GbgNIk (via @ceciliawee)
Friday, 20 May 2011
to celebrate a successful field test, we’re giving away two free coach tickets to soundfields next weekend! http://is.gd/ouVfja (please RT)
Friday, 20 May 2011
Competition: Win two coach tickets to Variable 4/Soundfields!
Because it’s a sunny Friday and we’re celebrating a highly successful Variable 4 field test yesterday, we’ve decided to give away a free pair of coach tickets to Variable 4 at FTS: Soundfields on 28th May. These will shuttle you direct from London Liverpool Street to Aldeburgh for a sound-art daytrip to the Suffolk countryside (travel details).
To enter: simply send an email to competition at variable4.org.uk, subject “Competition”, by 7pm Friday 20 May. We’ll notify the winner on Saturday morning.
field testing at @GoldsmithsUoL. lovely moment when field recording of dungeness birds met the birds of new cross. http://twitpic.com/4zocv7
Thursday, 19 May 2011
for the discerning weather seeker, @variable4 endorses the excellent met office iphone app: http://bit.ly/9lPsN6
Thursday, 19 May 2011
our @campbellsci_eu weather station all set up in studio, for 6hr field test tomorrow. forecast: sunny intervals. http://twitpic.com/4zd7qr
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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