{"id":692,"date":"2012-08-22T04:25:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T04:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundwalk.org\/artists\/?page_id=692"},"modified":"2024-04-07T00:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T00:01:45","slug":"joshua-dickinson-muhammad-hafiz-wan-rosli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soundwalk.org\/artists\/joshua-dickinson-muhammad-hafiz-wan-rosli\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Dickinson & Muhammad Hafiz Wan Rosli"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Joshua Dickinson<\/a> is a composer and computational artist. \u00a0He received his BA in music composition from Columbia University in 2010 and is currently pursuing a masters degree in Audio Engineering from the Media Art and Technology department in the University of California Santa Barbara. \u00a0His works have been featured in a number of conferences and galleries, including the Edward Cella Gallery in Los Angeles. \u00a0While exploring human-computer interaction and artificial creativity, his pieces address the digital simulation and quantization of otherwise purely organic phenomena. \u00a0\u00a0\u202c<\/p>\n

\u2028Muhammad Hafiz<\/a> is a new media artist, born in Penang, Malaysia in 1983. He received his BFA degree in new media from the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang in 2007 and his MFA in computer art with a concentration in interactive installation from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2010. Hafiz\u2019s video and installations have been included in numerous exhibitions. His works create an immersive environment through a blend of programming and interactivity, which invites the viewer to question the boundaries in human\/machine interactions and ultimately, the meaning of communication.<\/p>\n

Drip<\/em> is an interactive sound sculpture consisting of 16 tuned metal bars hung from an iron frame. \u00a0Attached to the frame above each bar are solenoid water valves that are be triggered by an Arduino microcontroller. \u00a0As the valves are opened and closed, drops of water pass through them falling onto each of the sixteen bars producing rhythms and melodies which are sequenced in real time and which can be altered by the audience\u2019s interaction via light sensors embedded in the piece.. \u00a0The resulting sound is acoustically amplified through attached piezoelectric microphones. Visitors can also interact with the piece by directly tapping the bars or plucking the suspending nylon wires. \u00a0The resulting soundscape is something like a surrealist version of rain falling on a tin roof or a collection of gongs being struck in chaotic mathematical patterns.<\/p>\n