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| − | + | The installation ‘The Alphabet of Nature’, got his title from the treatise ‘Alphabeti veri naturalis hebraici’by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Mercurius_van_Helmont|Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont]]. In this treatise he proclaimed that the speech organs, when uttering a sound, are shaped exactly like ancient Hebrew characters. Each character represents how the lips and tongue should be positioned. In this he found proof of the innate and universal nature of language. Van Helmont’s essay inspired Aertsen for his research on the deconstruction of the mechanics of speech. In an attempt to create his proper universal language, he created a series of objects and sounds for the installation ‘The Alphabet of Nature’. | |
Concept & realisation: Gert Aertsen / Production: Overtoon & lahaag.org / With the support of the Flemish authorities / With thanks to: Wendy Van Wynsberghe | Concept & realisation: Gert Aertsen / Production: Overtoon & lahaag.org / With the support of the Flemish authorities / With thanks to: Wendy Van Wynsberghe | ||
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Revision as of 12:33, 21 September 2020
This instalation was created for [State of Things] @ Imal
Contents
Exhibition Text
The installation ‘The Alphabet of Nature’, got his title from the treatise ‘Alphabeti veri naturalis hebraici’by [Mercurius van Helmont]. In this treatise he proclaimed that the speech organs, when uttering a sound, are shaped exactly like ancient Hebrew characters. Each character represents how the lips and tongue should be positioned. In this he found proof of the innate and universal nature of language. Van Helmont’s essay inspired Aertsen for his research on the deconstruction of the mechanics of speech. In an attempt to create his proper universal language, he created a series of objects and sounds for the installation ‘The Alphabet of Nature’.
Concept & realisation: Gert Aertsen / Production: Overtoon & lahaag.org / With the support of the Flemish authorities / With thanks to: Wendy Van Wynsberghe
Exhibition shots
The state of things, Group show @ Imal, Nov - Dec 2016
sound, speech & formant synthesis
http://reactivemusic.net/?tag=text-to-speech : overview of articles related to text to speech on reactive music https://mitpress.mit.edu/designingsound/ : Code examples for “Designing Sound” textbook https://mitpress.ublish.com/book/designing-sound http://research.spa.aalto.fi/publications/theses/lemmetty_mst/chap5.html : history of speechsynthesis.
constructed language (conlang)
http://www.dblondin.com/092507.html http://www.dblondin.com/101606.html
facts and figures
The natural frequency of the vocal cords apparatus is determined by the size, muscular force and lung pressure.
It varies depending size, age, species, ...
Our voices have a frequency around 100 Hz to 200Hz inadult male humans, 200Hz to 300Hz in adult female humans, and up to 350Hz in children.
For cats this rises to 500Hz, and for buffalo, walrus, and lions it can be as low as 30Hz.
artists
http://www.gordonmonahan.com/pages/home.html
http://www.wernerdurand.com
http://www.francois-louis.com
tadlksf
http://designingsound.org/2013/04/sonographic-sound-processing/
Jean Francois Charles http://cycling74.com/download/Share/Jean-francoisCharles/jfc-spectral-tutorials.zip http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/comj.2008.32.3.87
