EXPERIMENTS
Everything Belquer does requires a lot of trial and error. Sometimes the error is what becomes the most interesting aspect of the work itself. Lately, he's been incorporating a few new ideas including AI in my artist practice.
Video Tech Description:
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00:04 MUSICAL WORDS - Vosk AI model recognizes speech and extracts letters A B C D E F G triggering chords from words that contain those letters
00:21 LIGHT & GESTURE - Puck IMU (inertial measuring units) sensors send gyroscope and accelerometer information via Bluetooth that then are used to control a moving head light fixture in real time
00:46 WATERLIGHT - An ESP32 wireless device controls a light bulb, a water pump and a water solenoid that spits out water from a computer sending musical data on a mycelium sculpture. The sound of the water is captured by a DIY water microphone and amplified and broadcast through a speaker. The sound of the light is produced by vibrating the mycelium sculpture
01:15 THE CRYSTAL BOWL - An automated singing bowl and chimes are controlled using a custom made app on an iPad