Bartholomäus Traubeck

HuffPost Arts: In the visual realm it is easier to separate form from content, shape from materials. In the audio realm the shape of a song is its content. Your work shows the connection between the aural and visual realms. Do you think the senses of sight and sound are separate? Does what you show about sound translate back onto shape?

Bartholomaus Traubeck: This is an interesting question. I am not sure but i think they are separate. It is our mind that is able to accomplish the translation from, say visual forms to an imagination of fitting sound for a shape. This is what we call the audiovisual experience. If something like this creates a certain atmosphere you can not experience it by taking one sensory input away. I think it could generally translate back onto shape, even in a very practical manner. Just think of how actual vinyl records are made. There is an input that sends a soundwave directly to a cutting machine which is using the sound as instruction for movement. like this sound is translated to shape. Regarding my work, this would probably not work that easily since there is a lot of steps in between and the camera is not that precise. My machine is rather a contraption for generatively producing music that is interpreted by the data in the year rings than an actual sonic representation of the data.
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