MUSICfor.one [byTEN] was a live “concert” improvisation created for the Chatroulette social network. Audio in the performance was generated from screen grabs taken of the first 10 people that appeared during a previous visit to the website. These pictures in turn became the graphic notation that loosely scores the work. Through this process I become the conductor while the anonymous Chatroulette users become the unaware orchestra. The March 20th performance was split into two movements. The first movement resulted in a composition that was more “symphonic” than I had expected with the second movement becoming industrial and textural.
In the virtual “wild west” of Chatroulette, there are few if any governing rules. Knowing this it still came as a surprise that I was “flagged and banned” from interacting for 10 minutes during Movement 2. Apparently, someone deemed what I was doing as “inappropriate” behavior.
Full Description
MUSICfor.one [byTEN] was a live “concert” improvisation created for the Chatroulette social network. Audio in the performance was generated from screen grabs taken of the first 10 people that appeared during a previous visit to the website. These pictures in turn became the graphic notation that loosely scores the work. Through this process I become the conductor while the anonymous Chatroulette users become the unaware orchestra. The March 20th performance was split into two movements. The first movement resulted in a composition that was more “symphonic” than I had expected with the second movement becoming industrial and textural.
In the virtual “wild west” of Chatroulette, there are few if any governing rules. Knowing this it still came as a surprise that I was “flagged and banned” from interacting for 10 minutes during Movement 2. Apparently, someone deemed what I was doing as “inappropriate” behavior.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2010
- Submitted to ArtBase: Wednesday Jun 16th, 2010
- Original Url: http://www.jasonsloan.com/work/musicfor-one-byten/
- Permalink: http://www.jasonsloan.com/work/musicfor-one-byten/
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Work Credits:
- jason. sloan, creator
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