{"id":2031,"date":"2020-05-13T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/?page_id=2031"},"modified":"2020-05-14T05:44:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T05:44:04","slug":"carl-burgin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/carl-burgin\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Burgin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These are the four final projects from the 2020 \"Mechatronic Art & Music\" course. Each student was tasked with opened ended assignment of designing and creating their own electro-mechanical device related to their personal creative practice. Carl Burgin, Trevor Bock, Charles Danner, Cy Krafft & Kai-Luen Liang<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tomorrow There Will Be Wind ( Automatic Windchimes )
\nA performance of playing an Arduino controlled set of wind chimes.
\nVibration motors are activated through a motor driver creating divisions and
\npolyrhythms based on various “states.” First iteration prototype with beer
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4-Note Bottle Blowing Instrument<\/p>\n

I have always loved the angelic sound that is produced by blowing into an empty glass
\nbottle. The combination of wind noise and the ringing sine wave tone that resonates out of the
\nbottle creates a fascinating timbre that is impossible to perfectly replicate digitally. What if you
\ncould mechanically create this sound and produce beautiful melodies to perform with it? This is
\nwhat inspired me to create the 4-Note Bottle Blowing Instrument. This device contains four
\nsmall fans attached to DC motors mounted in a specific way to effectively blow air into each of
\nthe bottles. This causes them to resonate and create a fairly loud sine tone. Each bottle is
\nindividually tuned by raising and lowering the amount of water inside them. Using an Arduino,
\nthe instrument will then perform a sequence of notes by fading the fans in and out from left to
\nright. This allows musicians to tune each bottle accordingly and create any four part melody
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This work in progress was inspired by a love of old school liquid light shows and a fascination
\nwith the precise engineering of the inside of a moving head. The goal is to repurpose the
\ninternal mechanisms from used Clay Paky Alpha Spot and Alpha Wash fixtures to create an
\nanimating liquid light show in the beam of the fixtures.
\nI began with the Alpha Wash fixtures due to the less complex internal layout. However, due to
\nthe limited range of beam effects in the fixture, the color wheels were my first choice for
\nmodification. The challenge with the color wheels was adapting the rotational movement of the
\ncolor wheels into the vertical movement of a plate.
\nThe first iteration of this design is made of two clear discs connected by a silicone tube to create
\na sealed container that is then filled with the dyed oil and water. The two discs can then be
\noscillated against each other through the use of a ridged gear on the inside of the metal plates
\nholding the discs. This creates the fluid movement associated with traditional liquid light shows.
\nIn addition, the entire mechanism can be moved in and out of the beam to add or remove the
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From 1942 to 2020 Why are you making this piece? Since the beginning of the epidemic, I have followed the notice from the local authority to stay at home and stay alive. Since the food\u00a0in my\u00a0house\u00a0has become thinner recently, I have to go out to hunt. Firstly, I found that I was completely expired, so […]\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The Naked Hours For 100 hours, I cut 2 x 2 inches black paper with scissors and covered the L-Shape Gallery walls at the California Institute of the Arts. I did not speak. I did not use a cell phone or other electronics. I ate, rested, wrote, and meditated as necessary. I left the gallery […]\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Parallel Self Embraced “Parallel Self Embraced is an upcoming interactive light art installation to be installed at Burning Man 2021. Parallel Self Embraced presents two panels with human figures outlined in their center. Radial lines extend outward from the figures and beckon as doorways for entry. Entering the piece trips a variety of sensors and […]\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Rob Ford Explorer Original experimental music from CalArts that would be perfect for the virtual expo! Greg Lewis, Cameron Sax<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Indigarb Fast fashion is the world’s second largest polluter, emitting 10% of all carbon emissions and is dumped into lands and oceans all over the world. In Our compilation of video and photography come together to evoke empathetic response in our viewers. By seeing humans absorbed in plastic, we mirror the way our Earth and […]\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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A laser pointer is pointed at a mirror attached to a balloon. Sounds from a synthesizer vibrate the balloon, causing the mirror to move. This moves the laser pointer, resulting in the visualization of how the sound causes the balloon to vibrate. The images produced from this process are called lissajous figures. The improvisation explores […]\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Quarantine Acoustics When Jacob’s estranged sister Ashley asks him to reprise a role from his past, the two must come to terms with their relationship to his younger ‘female’ self in order to save their own. “Pass” is a queer one act musical in development. It had a staged reading on January 26, 2020 in […]\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The Net and the Self “The Net and the Self is an interactive music and dance installation mirroring our networked society. The audience enter in a room illuminated by UV blacklights where dancers and musicians interact through an amplified harp that has its strings connected with fluorescent fishing lines attached to the walls. The installation […]\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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