AVOL is an interactive audiovisual project created by Portuguese artists Video Jack to integrate sound and visual manipulation. It allows users to combine different sound loops which trigger corresponding animation loops. The document discusses AVOL's design which features interactive "flower-like" objects called IAVOs that control sound through buttons and visualize audio through reactive animations. It also situates AVOL within the history of audiovisual art and discusses limitations and further developments like its successor AV Clash.
Heat Seeker - An Interactive Audio-Visual Project for Performance, Video and Web
Presented at IADIS Visual Communication Conference Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 27.7.2010
Nuno N. Correia is a doctor of arts student at Aalto University, School of Art and Design: http://mlab.taik.fi/
More information:
http://www.nunocorreia.com
mail(at)nunocorreia.com
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Heat Seeker - An Interactive Audio-Visual Project for Performance, Video and Web
Presented at IADIS Visual Communication Conference Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 27.7.2010
Nuno N. Correia is a doctor of arts student at Aalto University, School of Art and Design: http://mlab.taik.fi/
More information:
http://www.nunocorreia.com
mail(at)nunocorreia.com
New Sounds New Styles, took place on 14 Dec 2017, was a one-day exploration and celebration of immersive audio and VR, showcasing the best in current research, authoring, design and performance curated by celebrated music designer Malcolm Garrett.
New Sounds New Styles was managed by the AHRC Creative Economy Programme and supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the Digital Catapult.
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This paper was published in the proceedings of the International Workshop of Re-thinking technology in museums. In Limerick (2005). University of Limerick
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Nuno N. Correia is a doctor of arts student at Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki: http://mlab.taik.fi/
More information:
http://www.nunocorreia.com
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Progress regarding Nuno N. Correia's doctoral research plan at 11/2009
Nuno N. Correia is a doctor of arts student at Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki: http://mlab.taik.fi/
More information:
http://www.nunocorreia.com
mail(at)nunocorreia.com
First presentation of my final project idea for the Masters in Interactive Media at University of Limerick, Ireland. Presents motivation, theories researched, similar projects, technology overview
AV Clash – Online Tool for Mixing and Visualizing Audio Retrieved from Freesound.org Database
Presented at Doctor of Arts workshop, Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Media Lab, 12/11/2010
NCorreia, Master And Margarita, 2010-03Nuno Correia
Master and Margarita - An Interactive Audiovisual Adaptation of Bulgakov’s Novel
Nuno N. Correia is a doctor of arts student at Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki: http://mlab.taik.fi/
More information:
http://www.nunocorreia.com
mail(at)nunocorreia.com
Progress regarding Nuno N. Correia's doctoral research plan at 11/2009
Nuno N. Correia is a doctor of arts student at Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki: http://mlab.taik.fi/
More information:
http://www.nunocorreia.com
mail(at)nunocorreia.com
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1. AVOL – AudioVisual OnLine
Playing with Interactive Sound Visualization
Nuno N. Correia
Aalto University,
School of Art and Design,
Media Lab Helsinki
IADIS Conference
Game and Entertainment Technologies
Rome, 24.7.2011
3. Introduction
• AVOL (AudioVisual Online) is an interactive
audiovisual project for the Web, installation and
performance by Portuguese new media artists Video
Jack.
• Video Jack are a duo composed of the author, a
programmer and musician, and André Carrilho, an
illustrator and animator.
• It was released in December 2007, and further
developed until 2010.
• Web version: http://www.videojackstudios.com/avol/
4. Introduction
• AVOL is the outcome of a competition organized by
Direcção Geral das Artes (DGA, a department of the
Portuguese Ministry of Culture) in order to create
their Net.Art portal.
• It follows upon previous work by Video Jack for the
Web and performance, such as Heat Seeker
(2006-2009).
• It aims to allow an integrated musical and visual
expression, in a way that is playful to use and
engaging to experience.
5. Introduction
• In Heat Seeker performances, the sound element was
manipulated separately from the visual element – the
software built by Video Jack allowed for visual
manipulation, whereas the audio element was
manipulated separately using commercial software.
• In AVOL, Video Jack aimed to integrate the two
elements that were separate in Heat Seeker – audio
and image – under the same application and the same
interface.
• The call for proposals from DGA provided an
additional challenge – to develop an application that
would be used by others (unlike previous projects),
on the Web.
6. Introduction
• For AVOL, the author planned to develop “animated
icons” into elements that not only would be audio-
reactive, but also would control sound.
• These elements were entitled “Interactive AudioVisual
Objects” (“IAVOs”), because they would combine an
interactive element - a GUI (graphical user interface)
to control sound - with sound visualization, by means
of audio-reactive animations.
• Using AVOL, the user should be able to combine
different sound loops, and consequentially different
animation loops, creating an audiovisual composition.
8. Contextualization
• The relation between music and image has been
explored throughout the centuries. But the invention
of cinema opened new paths in this field.
• In the early 20th century, Oskar Fischinger and
Walther Ruttman created visual music films in
Germany – a combination of tinted animation with live
music (Moritz 1997).
• Another wave of innovation followed, with
developments in computer science.
9. Contextualization
• John Whitney is “widely considered ‘the father of
computer graphics’” for his explorations of computer-
generated manipulation of visuals through
mathematical functions (Paul 2003, p. 15). He was
among the first generation to use computers for the
creation of artworks in the 1960s.
• Progress in personal computing hardware played an
important role for the dissemination of digital art in
the 1990s, when “affordable personal computers
were powerful enough to manipulate images, render
3D models, design Web pages, edit video and mix
audio with equal ease” (Tribe and Jana 2007, p. 10).
10. Contextualization
• Golan Levin is one of the artists that have explored
interconnected audiovisual creative expression, in
works such as Audiovisual Environment Suite
(1998-2000), “an interactive software that allows for
the creation and manipulation of simultaneous visuals
and sound in real time” (Paul 2003, p. 133).
12. Contextualization
• In 2005, Sergi Jordà and his team at Universitat
Pompeu Fabra created Reactable, a multi-user electro-
acoustic music instrument with a tabletop tangible
user interface.
• Reactable has dynamic visual-feedback capabilities: “a
projector (...) draws dynamic animations on its
surface, providing a visual feedback of the state, the
activity and the main characteristics of the sounds
produced by the audio synthesizer” (Kaltenbrunner et
al 2006, p. 1).
14. Contextualization
• In 2006, Nintendo released Electroplankton,
developed by artist Toshio Iwai.
• Electroplankton is a collection of 10 “musical toys”,
where “a playful visual style is employed to give the
impression that each takes place in some sort of
bizarre petri dish – or perhaps a very musical
aquarium – filled with different species of plankton
that can produce sound and light when you interact
with them” (Davis 2006).
17. Design - Sound
• The sound loops were grouped into coherent entities
as much as possible, similarly to band members on a
stage.
• Four of the loops would be rhythmic (bass drum,
snare drum, hats and clicks) and the remaining three
be melodic (keyboard, guitar, strings).
• All loops have same tempo (120 bpm) and the same
duration (16 seconds).
• The audio reactivity in AVOL animations is based on
scale.
18. Design - Graphics
• The “petal” aesthetics of IAVO buttons in order to be
harmonious with the animations, which also resemble
flowers.
• Each “song” has its color palette and type of
animation (for example, animations triggered by
every third petal are blue), but they where designed
to integrate with each other.
19. Design - Interaction
• The minimal starting point is meant to be mysterious,
to stimulate curiosity and to motivate the discovery
process by users.
• When users roll over one circle, four white petal-
shaped buttons appear. These trigger each of the
four loops associated with the IAVO.
• When users activate one of the loops, new elements
appear on the IAVO’s interface: three “traffic
light” (red, yellow and green) buttons (also petal-
shaped), and a “ring” encompassing the “petal”
buttons, incorporating a minus and a plus button.
21. Design - Comparisons
• The animations in AVOL resemble John Whitney’s
floral compositions: “all colors move into the ring
simultaneously from all sides, forming circles within
circles all scintillating smoothly in a floral
configuration” (Youngblood 1970, p. 220).
• There is also some resemblance between AVOL’s
flower-like objects and the plankton in
Electroplankton, even more apparent when collisions
occur.
• The IAVOs in AVOL also resemble the animated
modules in Reactable, which are also audio-reactive.
23. Presentations
• In 2008, AVOL was presented as installation at the
following festivals:
– Cartes Flux, Espoo, Finland;
– Re-New, Copenhagen;
– Create 2008, London;
– Live Herring, Jyväskylä, Finland.
• And as performance (also in 2008) at these festivals:
– Abertura Festival, Lisbon;
– Electro-Mechanica Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia.
24. Recent Developments
• In 2010, 3 of the 28 audio loops were updated.
• Also in 2010, video captures of AVOL were uploaded
to Video Jack video websites (YouTube and Vimeo),
and embedded on the Video Jack website. AVOL
music was also composed and embedded.
• http://www.videojackstudios.com/projects/avol/
• These additional media elements (particularly the
videos) are meant to provide complementary ways for
users to experience the project, and also to quickly
understand its possibilities.
26. Conclusions
• The author considers that AVOL was successful in
introducing the concept of Interactive AudioVisual
Objects – entities composed of UI elements
controlling sound and animation, and also audio-
reactive animations visualizing sound.
• As user and performer, he considers that the project
is playful, engaging, and allows for integrated
audiovisual manipulation and expression.
27. Conclusions
• However, the author detects several limitations in
AVOL.
• One of the limitations of AVOL is its closed nature.
There is a fixed amount of sounds and animations to
interact with.
• Additional audio manipulation would be desirable, in
order to make AVOL more playful and versatile.
• More playful elements should be introduced, such as
random features and physics emulation.
28. Conclusions
• Another limitation of AVOL is its inability to record
the interactions of users.
• Online collaboration features would be an important
addition to AVOL.
• One additional limitation is the difficulty of doing fast
dramatic changes, besides “soloing” one object. It is
difficult to change multiple parameters quickly in
AVOL, which hampers its expressiveness.
• In the author’s opinion, this aspect limits the
functionality of AVOL as a performance project.
29. Further Developments
• A new project which aims to address the limitations
of AVOL has been released, AV Clash.
• http://www.avclash.com
• A questionnaire has been conducted to evaluate AV
Clash, including a comparison with AVOL. The results
of the questionnaire will be analyzed soon.
• However, more can still be done to pursue the
objectives of AVOL, continuing a line of projects it
has began and AV Clash has continued, particularly in
the areas of recording and collaboration.
30. References
• Davis, R., 2006. Electroplankton Review. GameSpot,
January. http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/
electroplankton/review.html Referenced January 11
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Collaborative Musical Instrument. Universitat Pompeu
Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. http://mtg.upf.edu/node/
470 Referenced January 11 2011.
31. References
• Moritz, W., 1997. The Dream of Color Music and the
Machines that Made it Possible. In Animation World
Magazine, Apr. 1997. http://www.awn.com/mag/
issue2.1/articles/moritz2.1.html Referenced January
11 2011.
• Paul, C., 2003. Digital Art. Thames & Hudson,
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• Tribe, M. and Jana, R., 2007. New Media Art. Taschen,
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32. References
• Youngblood, G., 1970. Expanded Cinema. P. Dutton &
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