Waking Patterns Final Presentation
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This document explores the concept of sound as a creative force, referencing both Western and Eastern traditions, including biblical texts and the significance of the Aum symbol in Hindu philosophy. It introduces superstring theory, suggesting that reality's fundamental constituents are vibrating strings with unique harmonics that determine different forces. The document also outlines the inspiration and materials for an artistic prototype involving interaction design with various mediums.
Waking Patterns Final Presentation
- 1. WAKING PATTERNS Katie Lee & Brian House Major Studio Interface Juan Pablo Patiño Fall 2011
- 2. BACKGROUND
- 4. HANS JENNY “The more one studies these things, the more one realizes that sound is the creative principle. It must be regarded as primordial. No single phenomenal category can be claimed as the aboriginal principle. We cannot say, in the beginning was number, or in the beginning was symmetry, etc. These are categorical properties which are implicit in what brings forth and what is brought forth. By using them in description we approach the heart of the matter. They are not themselves the creative power. This power is inherent in tone, in sound.” - Hans Jenny, Science Vibrates To Make Pictures. New York Times, April 28, 1968
- 5. WESTERN TRADITION “And God said, Let there be light and there was light.” - Genesis 1:3 “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.” - Psalms 33: 6
- 6. EASTERN TRADITION The Aum Symbol The syllable consists of three parts,a Vaishvanara, u Hiranyagarbha and m Iswara, which symbolize the beginning, duration, and dissolution of the universe and the associated gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, respectively. Aum in the Mandukya Upanishad There are three matras (“letters”, syllabic instants in prosody) in the word aum : ‘a’, ‘u’ and ‘m’. The ‘a’ stands for the state of wakefulness, where we experience externally through our mind and sense organs. The ‘u’ stands for the dream state, in which inward experiences are available. In the state of deep sleep, represented by the sound ‘m’, there is no desire and consciousness is gathered in upon itself.
- 7. SUPER STRING THEORY The basic idea is that the fundamental constituents of reality are strings of the Planck length (about 10−33 cm) which vibrate at resonant frequencies. Every string, in theory, has a unique resonance, or harmonic. Different harmonics determine different fundamental forces. The tension in a string is on the order of the Planck force (1044 newtons).
- 8. INSPIRATION
- 12. MEDIUMS SOLIDS + FLUIDS SAND LYCOPODIUM POWDERBAKING SODA VEGETABLE OILWATER OOBLECK
- 13. PROTOTYPE
- 14. FINAL PIECE