My former college roommate ― who came from Dallas, Texas ― used to make fun of the way I interacted with Swedish friends, imitating with precision the way we frantically nod our heads in affirmation, interspersing a pendulum of singing sounds with bursts of "ja ja ja" (yes).
At the top, ski instructors were speeding down the dark mountainsides carrying flaming torches, to the sound of Pendulum and other DJs.
The pendulum was rigged from the top of the sound stage thirty-five feet in the air.
"The speaker and light source integrated into each pendulum bob creates a direct, physical connection between sound, light and movement," explains Matt Clark.
Four giant computer-interfaced pendulums swing and create sounds towards the end, on songs such as the geologically themed "Mutual Core".
The project united a multitude of design fields: physical pendulums design, fabrication, computational coding of controls for sound, light, visualization, motors, cameras, and other electronic controls and sensors.
Ben Kreuknieut of UVA described the work as a "spatial instrument," as it includes twelve mechanical pendulums that form an evolutionary composition of light, sound, and movement.
Momentum, a space and time distorting exhibition described as a "spatial instrument," premiered at London's Barbican Curve Gallery this past February, and included twelve mechanical pendulums that formed an evolutionary composition of light, sound, and movement.
A study reveals that it may be that the pendulums are simply transferring energy to one another through sound pulses, The Guardian reports.
