{"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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A collection of melodies. Embedded like a small light in the corner. This piece engages themes and processes of transparency\/translucence, copying\/covering, and distance\/absence: the traces of a thing not there. Melody fragments expand and contract. Here, melody crystallizes into harmony and harmony unfolds as melody. Like a constellation of stars; or in the direction of […]\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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Doppelganger – Symbiosis Doppelg\u00e4nger IV – Symbiosis (2020) is a composed theatre project exploring the concept of human-machine symbiosis. It\u2019s an immersive multimedia experience that consists of projection mappings, spatialized sound, interactive sculpture, and performance art. Symbiosis is part of the Doppelg\u00e4nger research project by IMUU that explores the human condition in a futuristic dystopia […]\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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Don't Let Me Be Lonely Don\u2019t Let Me Be Lonely is an architectural projection performance inspired by Claudia Rankine\u2019s book of poems of the same name. The projection mapping explores loneliness as it exists at CalArts both before and during the COVID19 Crisis. Rankine defines loneliness as \u201cWhat we cannot do for each other.\u201d This […]\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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Radical Practice Radical Practice is a series of podcast conversations between CalArts Graphic Design Program alumnae and current students. Each episode features an alumna with a distinct professional practice, including BFAs and MFAs whose endeavors range from cultural to corporate and from singular enterprises to ambitious ideas. We\u2019ll discuss how they have defined success for […]\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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Cloudcast An art therapy piece that utilizes a car experience to guide the audience in an intimate experience of self<\/p>\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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Memorial An immersive virtual dining experience intended to guide the viewer through intimate experiences with the food of my heritage. The recipes in this project have been handed down orally throughout my family history and now that the previous generation is dead and gone, I take it upon myself to honor their memory while spreading […]\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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