Messa di Voce: Fluid

Singers and Composers Jaap Blonk and Joan La Barbara use their shouts and accented vocals to create a corresponding computerized fluid graphic. The Messa di Voce program visualizes vocal sounds and transforms into a fluid motion graphic. The background is a violet red and the fluid is a light white or yellow. As Joan pronounces a "zzzz" sound, it turns these accented letters into lighter colors. The graphics are almost dreamlike. The fluid movement reminds me of a screen saver image, however it lacks interaction. This fluid has movement depending on how they annuciate the vocals. Jaap uses a lower tone voice, but it is interesting how their graphic fluids interact with one another. This speech recognition technology is art because textures are created depending on what is said and sung. This is the concert of the future where the art is the software.