88 Years Interactive Tone Generator
1924 - 2011
In 2011, Decomposing Pianos met and chronologically depicted 88 individuals to correspond to each key of the piano.
Twenty portraits were displayed at the State of Flux Gallery to showcase this work in progress.
Tones and portraits of several groups and individuals were presented, as well as the piano itself.
In 2015, HTML5 technology enables the presentation of the tones experienced
during this exhibition four years ago as well as any combination therein.
Once loaded, each note is inverted and crossfaded in webAudio to create a continuous interactive tone generator without any further bandwidth requirements.
Once loaded, each note is inverted and crossfaded in webAudio to create a continuous interactive tone generator without any further bandwidth requirements.
“The piano is a natural way to sonify our numerical age. By placing each year on the chromatic scale, an individual can be represented by a single key. A chord becomes a friend, a family or a relationship. A note becomes a full life, well-lived. Both man and machine move along the same arrow of time to which we are all captive.”
- Decomposing Pianos
