Paul DeMarinis - Daniel Sauter

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Paul DeMarinis!
• Has been working as an electronic media artist since 1971!
• Most known for his interactive sound installations!
• Erkki Huhtamo calls DeMarinis a "thinkerer", someone who
thinks and tinkers.!
• Is also considered a media archaeologist who searches
archives, patent archives for inspiration!

Hypnica (2007) !
A series of talking metronomes
that use the voices of
hypnotists to lull the listener
into a sonic trance. !
Image courtesy of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyebeam/2867840573/!

Email messages received over the
internet are displayed letter
by letter on three alphabetic
telegraph receivers: a large
array of 26 talking
washbasins, each intoning a
letter of the alphabet in
Spanish; a chorus line of 26
dancing skeletons and a
series of 26 electrolytic jars
with metal electrodes in the
form of the letters A to Z
that oscillate and bubble
when electricity is passed
through them.!
The Messenger (1998) !
EXTENSIVELY REVISED 2005!
Image courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/nearnearfuture/230368242/!

The Messenger (1998) !
EXTENSIVELY REVISED 2005!
Images courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/watz/237890137/in/photostream/!

Firebirds(2004)!
Oracular flames kept captive within birdcages
recite speeches of some political leaders of
the twentieth century. Gas flames, suitably
modulated by electrical fields can be made
to act as omnidirectional loudspeakers of
surprising clarity and amplitude.!
Firebirds is based on a scientific experiment from
the Victorian area, in which Chichester Bell
discovered that a membrane stretched over
a gas flame produces audible vibrations in
the flame, resulting in a kind of "flame
loudspeaker." Gas flames, suitably
modulated by electrical fields can be made
to act as omnidirectional loudspeakers of
surprising clarity and amplitude.!
Image courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielhirschmann/43020893/!

RainDance / Musica Acuatica (1998) !
Falling streams of water, modulated
with audio signals, create music
and sound when intercepted by
visitors' umbrellas.!
Image courtesy of http://www.happynewears.be/2006/i/pro/raindance-3.jpg!
Video of installation: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=jOakK59iKTA!

Chaotic Jumpropes (1994) !
Bright vibrating cords and
motors comprise a dynamic
system that moves between
order and chaos. Tracked by
computers, these motions
are translated into musical
sounds, allowing interactive
exploration of chaos as
sight, sound and touch.
Internet access provides
online control of the chaotic
systems.!
Image courtesy of http://www.stanford.edu/~demarini/!

The Pygmy Gamelan (1973)!
Five to ten little electronic
circuits respond to
electrical fluctuations in
the galaxy by improvising
around five-note phrases. !
Image courtesy of http://www.stanford.edu/~demarini/!

Links/Sources!
• Home Page of Paul DeMarinis !
http://www.stanford.edu/~demarini/!
• Video of a DeMarinis Lecture: !
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=33T54ulwBAs!
• Erkki Huhtamo Lecture on Paul DeMarinis : !
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2006/09/on-sunday-i-pai.php!
• “Music as a Second Language” Album:!
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbumid=216019796&s=143441!