MOUTH STITCHING
Audiovisual Live Performance
Selected for NYU ITP | IMA Spring Show 2022
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Mouth Stitching is an audiovisual live performance collaborated by Yutong Wang and Yulin Fu.
Using MAX/MSP and Ableton, the two artists created dynamic visuals responsive to the rhythmic audio part.
The audio of Mouth Stitching is influenced by Acid House music from the 80s Techno music. Yulin recreated the sound of the bass synthesizer Roland TB-303, which was released in 1981, adding a retro quality to the rhythmic Techno beats. Following a well-designed composition, the audio progresses with modulations of frequencies and shifts in layers of melodies that trigger synchronized changes in the visual part of the performance.
The visual style of this performance is a combination of figuration and abstraction. Using Jitter in MAX / MSP, Yutong processed pre-recorded videos of Yulin’s face into black and white silhouettes and generate white cross-hatching lines to map out these silhouettes. The alienated faces are deformed, rotated, or reversed in black and white along with the changes in the tempo and melodies of the audio counterpart. The aesthetic subtly mixes minimalistic colors with minimalist line art, and it is partially inspired by ad/ab Atom, an audiovisual installation by Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa.
Using MAX/MSP and Ableton, the two artists created dynamic visuals responsive to the rhythmic audio part.
The audio of Mouth Stitching is influenced by Acid House music from the 80s Techno music. Yulin recreated the sound of the bass synthesizer Roland TB-303, which was released in 1981, adding a retro quality to the rhythmic Techno beats. Following a well-designed composition, the audio progresses with modulations of frequencies and shifts in layers of melodies that trigger synchronized changes in the visual part of the performance.
The visual style of this performance is a combination of figuration and abstraction. Using Jitter in MAX / MSP, Yutong processed pre-recorded videos of Yulin’s face into black and white silhouettes and generate white cross-hatching lines to map out these silhouettes. The alienated faces are deformed, rotated, or reversed in black and white along with the changes in the tempo and melodies of the audio counterpart. The aesthetic subtly mixes minimalistic colors with minimalist line art, and it is partially inspired by ad/ab Atom, an audiovisual installation by Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa.
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Date
Collaborator Personal Roles
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Date
Collaborator Personal Roles
Keywords
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Duo Project
June 2022
Yulin Fu
Concept Developer + Visual Artist + VJ
Audiovisual Performance + Experimental Sound Design
MAX / MSP + Ableton Live
June 2022
Yulin Fu
Concept Developer + Visual Artist + VJ
Audiovisual Performance + Experimental Sound Design
MAX / MSP + Ableton Live
PROCESS OVERVIEW
︎ 01 Visual Inspiration
︎ 02 Development Process I - Visual and Audio Design
︎ 03 Development Process II - Spatial Layout
︎ 04 Outcome
01 VISUAL INSPIRATION
02 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS I - AUDIO AND VISUAL DESIGN
The visual for this performance was made in MAX / MSP:
Max Patch
Visual Effect - Pixels
Visual Effect - LinesThe audio was made in Ableton Live:
Ableton Live Interface
The visual and audio were mapped and controlled by Novation Launch Control:
Novation Launch Control Interface
03 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS II - SPATIAL LAYOUT
Performance Space Floor Plan
Performance Plan
Schematic
Elevation Plan04 OUTCOME
This performance was publically performed in two shows:
DESIGNING INTERFACES FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE FINAL SHOW
370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201May 8th, 2022
Poster Designed by Yutong Wang
NYU ITP | IMA SPRING SHOW 2022
370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201May 16th - 17th, 2022
