GMU:Speculative Atmospheres/Andrea Geyer

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While walking in the park it’s never silent. There is no single … Moreover I have the feeling, that sounds, voices and other noises are becoming even louder when you are focused and you’re listening closer to them. It becomes almost overwhelming the more you focus; there is no real silence, no second, when there is really nothing to be heard.

Everything’s alive.

Bildschirmfoto 2021-05-13 um 12.18.47.png I see blooming blossoms, that are about to flourishing up


Bildschirmfoto 2021-05-13 um 12.18.53.png I see little shells of small seed swinging in invisible spiderwebs in the wind

Bildschirmfoto 2021-05-13 um 12.21.02.png I see traces in the bark of an old tree,


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Bildschirmfoto 2021-05-13 um 12.21.16.png and traces of the sun, carved as shadows in the flor/ soil / base of the walking path.


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An experiment with the LED sensor of an Arduino, linked to Processing graphics:

pulsating cat’s eye

When the light is high, the pupil of the cat’s eye widens,

when the light is low, the pupil of the cat’s eye closes.

[I know in reality, the cat's eye works the other way round… ;) ]


--> The color of the pupil also changes, from bright (high value) to dark (low value)

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the relevant part of the processing code:

 if (data != null) {
   int intData = int(data); // ---> !! variable for incoming data
   background(255, 255, 0);
   noStroke ();
   ellipse (560, 360, 600, 600); 
   /* ---> 1. circle: 'background circle' (just as a referrence for the 2. circle) */
   noStroke ();
   fill (intData, intData, intData); // set fill colour with the value read
   ellipse (560, 360, intData, 600); 
   /* ---> 2. circle: the 'pupil' (visualizes the incoming data) */
 }