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| "Guyuhmgan" | List of pieces | "Night on Fractal Mountain" |
"Seven Studies in Space and Time"
For sound and video, by Ian Fredericks, Russell Emerson and Gordon Monro (1991)
Program note
| Video: | Russell Emerson |
| Music: | Ian Fredericks |
| Computer Graphics: | Gordon Monro |
Highly-animated sound sequences juxtapose the pristine characteristics of computer-generated sound against the dynamism of constantly-varying sound parameters. Sound flies around, above and through a glowing fractal nebula. The clear "perfection" of the "brain machine" takes another step towards becoming organic - towards the surreal concept of "mechanical life".
The music was composed and realised on "Jessie", the mini-computer in the Sydney University Experimental Sound Studio. The software was the suite IANSMUSE, written by the composer.
The source images for the video were two- and three-dimensional fractals, both random and deterministic. They included "fractal mountains" and "nebulas" or "star fogs". The images were generated by programs written by Gordon Monro on a Mac IIsi.
The video was based on the fractal images, modified and animated by Russell Emerson. The animation was carried out by MacroMind Director on a Mac IIci and video equipment located in the Centre for Performance Studies, University of Sydney.
Performances, etc
- "Watt's going on" concerts by watt, Seymour Centre, University of Sydney, 31 October - 2 November 1991.
© Gordon Monro 2004. Last modified:
December 23, 2004.
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