Скачать или смотреть ARMONÍAS DESIGUALES SOUND INSTALLATION / DATA SONIFICATION NICOLAS MELMANN

Artist : Nicolás Melmann
Collaboration : Fabian Sguiglia


Armonías  Desiguales is a generative musical piece, created through data sonification, it i was developed during the residences AIR - Artist in residence Niederösterreich (Austria) and Chateau Ephemere (France) in collaboration with the Master of Sound Art (University of Barcelona). Focusing its attention on the inflationary phenomenon in Argentina (where prices grow around 50% annually), a device created in Max Msp and openFrameworks transforms indicators of the Argentine economy into sound materials: inflation index, poverty, unemployment, salary, devaluation, prices Specific products of the basic basket make up this complex socio-political framework. These data are extracted from official state sources and from informal sources such as prices in supermarkets, becoming variables used to generate music and automate musical parameters.