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Margriet Kicks-Ass audio-visual and sound Art
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Virtual tennis-game with Frank en Hans at Kulter Amsterdam.
Stereo-editie van een 8-sporen-project, gemaakt met Pure Data, Audacity, Ardour en text-to-speech software.
Dit project is mede mogelijk gemaakt door Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
https://www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/
© Margriet Kicks-Ass
Meer info: http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Live performance after a co-organised DADA dinner with Patricia de Ruijter at Rijkshemelvaart, in Amsterdam.
More info: http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/index.html
Domme vragen stellen in de praktijk; met Alice op bezoek bij Bas op de brug en in de machinekamer.
In the first patch with the audiometers I made a fully automated version, random numbers are switching random speakers at random moments on and off. Although you see 16 channels, there are actually 8. The extra 8 channels are virtual ones, these I use in the 2nd patch. I am splitting a stereo file in 2, adding to channel 2 a reverb varying from 0 to 90 and back, with random stops with different lengths in between. This makes the signal more spatial.
In the 2nd automation patch, the order and combination of speakers is determined, whereas the timing is constantly changing. I have made 12 presets, differing from 1 at a time, 2 at a time, 3 at a time, and 4 at a time. 10 presets are randomly timed, and 2 of them have an accelerator, varying from 100 milliseconds to 1 second and back, with time-delays in between. This means that the route stays the same, but that the timing is constantly speeding up, or slowing down (between 100 ms and 1000 ms).
In the 2nd patch I am using the extra (virtual) 8 channels (I mentioned already) with a time-delay, this is actually the 2nd mono-signal, following the first mono-signal via the same route of speakers, with a time delay of 700 milliseconds, to prevent that all speakers are at the same time silent. So each speaker receives the 2 mono-signals directly after each other. This makes the presets a little bit more unexpected as well, because of fading out times, and delay times. This I have done on purpose, to make it more dynamically, not too predictable.
A random counter switches between the different presets, and disconnects the random timer when one of the accelerators are activated. By recording directly to the harddisc, an 8-channel soundfile is generated, with a smooth fade in and fade out of 2 seconds at the beginning and end of the file, and of course all the sound-fragments have fade ins and outs as well, albeit with different lengths. Of course the minimum and maximum timings (the range of the random generators) can always be adjusted.
In addition this patch can be played live as well (for instance with a midi-controller). It is so great to play around with this stuff and I am proud that I managed to program this on my own, without any help and that it works exactly as I wish, without errors or stack overflows, and in my own logic.
This project is sponsored by Creative Industries Fund NL
https://www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/
Digital composition made with Pure Data, Novum, Audacity and Ardour.
Experiment for my next radioplay.
Sponsored by Creative Industries Fund NL.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: Critical analysis of the pharmaceutical industry, put in the setting of a smoking, volcanic landscape
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Correction: Real temperature is 200 degrees C (check your oven with a thermometer)
Own method of baking sourdough (rye) bread, based on a lot of experiments.
At your own risk and no guarantees!
(Btw: Always use organic ingredients)
Don't store the bread in plastic, but let it breath freely. It stays fine for 1 week at least.
In case you have fruitflies in your kitchen (they love this bread as well), you can put
the bread back in the oven dish. In case they still come in, put a towel over it.
Dutch poem:
Allergisch voor recepten
Flikkert u
alles maar
bij elkaar
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: An obvious solution for eternal life, presented in a playful dance
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: Live pneumatic concert as setting for a poetic warning for a dystopian future, which fortunately, most likely, will not become truth
Recordings are made during my live performance/concert (one of my loudest), with my self-built instrument:
Pneuma-tix: More info: http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/pneuma-tix.html
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: How to behave if you have no idea how. Put in a beautiful natural scenery.
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: Poetic pondering about the limitations of language put in a dramatic wild natural landscape
My first recorded experiment with a software synth and a midi keyboard (based on granular synthesis). Used my own pneumatic and noise samples, with parameter presets of a plugin.
Poem has been published in my Dutch poetry collection: Onvertegeld opgeDelftsblauwd.
Free translation: Tileless flagStoned wisdoms.
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: The economic impact on our life, especially at the end of it
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: The obviousness of sunset put in a different and dramatic light
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Synopsis: Doubts about the moon story and showing her real face
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: When circumstances are beyond your control, timing might be a solution.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: Spiritual teaching with 2 sea-gulls as protagonists.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
Info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: Questioning the nature of a blind spot, with a toad and a paradox.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
Info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: Nature’s scenery evokes a paradoxical existential question.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: The eternal and the very now-moment brought together in a cuckoo clock.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: Practical tip concerning the afterlife, put in a poetic setting.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: Poetic scene demonstrating the most fundamental fact of our life.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: Observation concerning daily life, with a waterbird as protagonist.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Synopsis: Fanciful representation of a joker wondering why, during a wild ride.
Made by Margriet Kicks-Ass © 2022
Poem has been published in my poetry collection Gebarsten Cement (Cracked Cement):
http://semi-colon.site/boeken.html (Dutch)
More info about my soundart (English): http://margrietkicks-ass.nl/
Experimental Sound-art, performances and soundsculptures
Margriet Kicks-Ass (NL) works as an interdisciplinary artist. Her artistic process can be described as investigative.
In a Dadaistic manner she combines art with technology. Already as a child she asked herself: ‘Why are the dishes
not arranged alphabetically?’ Margriet refuses to be intimidated by calls for efficiency and functionality. She is
exchanging the context and meaning of everyday objects and combining opposites with an analytical attitude which
also reflects her fascination for natural phenomena. This is the starting point for the development of playful kinetic
sound sculptures, which she later exhibits as interactive works of art or in theatrical live performances. The physical
power of sound is her inspiration source. Earlier work concerned research in magnetic fields, pneumatic sounds and
the ´quake-factor´ or vibration and resonance behavior of daily objects, to shape an audible landscape of sound layers.
Now she has changed her direction more towards our divine nature.
ARTISTIC VIEW:
By showing the pure sound source (without effects), visitors can literally see how the sounds are made.
I'm playing with daily objects, juggling with the possible meaning like a dadaist. Mixing things which are normally
not destined to be placed together, highlighting how easy it is to break free of daily life conventions and showing
how automatisms are fixed in our behavior without us being aware of any other options.
It is possible to make a composition with a self-made object instead of traditional instruments. In that sense
I'm trying to open up some prejudices about so called ´music´. Not opening the discussion if it is music or not,
I am able to play noises in such a way visitors enjoy the performance, imagining other planets or even dance,
or discover and play themselves. A live sound-research with visual ingredients put together in a sculpture.
Presenting crossovers of different media: combining monumental 3d-sculpture with sound-art (installation),
sometimes with moving parts (kinetic art), or live performance (theater), all inspired by nature herself.