The Silent Movies: Po zabavi

The Silent Movies: Po zabavi
Po zabavi | After the Party

videozvočna instalacija Francisca Tomsicha in Boruta Savskega

Na ogled & posluh od 15. novembra do 6. decembra 2024 ob delavnikih med 12.00 in 18.00 v Galeriji Alkatraz, AKC Metelkova mesto.

https://galerijalkatraz.org/?p=20692

Postavitev Po zabavi je zasnovana posebej za Galerijo Alkatraz in njen metelkovski koncept. Dotika se ostankov zabave, koncerta, vonja in zvoka, podob in občutkov, povezanih s potjo domov ali jutrom po zabavi, ki jih obrav... more


Laser for Robert Lisek

Laser for Robert Lisek

This is another build. A laser set of three modules (power supply, driver module and galvo + lasers module) from China – put into enclosure. Added audio preamp for audio XY laser deflection control from computer – and some additional midi options (switching on/ off one or more of the three RGB laser modules).

On the top left: schematic swith stereo audio op-amp preamps for XY deflection galvo control
Top middle: midi input via optocoupler to arduino (Sparkfun) promini s... more


DIAcontrol midi system

DIAcontrol midi system

Sistem je bil izdelan po naročilu: za šest diaprojektorjev (po dva kažeta na en zaslon = trije zasloni) in računalniško voden sekvencer za proženje diapozitivov.

Naročnik je bilo Lutkovno gledališče Maribor za predstavo Strahovito (režiser Tin Grabnar) -> https://www.lg-mb.si/pretekle-sezone/strahovito/

Uporabili smo klasično midi serijsko povezavo za pokrivanje velikih razdalj prek običajnega kabla (-> XLR).

Za programski del smo uporabili spletno tehnologijo: st... more


Tech for NAME: POLICIJSKA URA (-> curfew)

Tech for NAME: POLICIJSKA URA (-> curfew)

This is some help on the level of electronics and arduino programming to bring NAME:’s idea of “policijska ura” (-> curfew) to materialization.

LED lights
Name: had a large number of LED lights taken from a Lidl’s dump. Each of these led strips originally used a separate constant current driver (42V / 300mA), which was useless for this project. In the end we used a simple current limiting resistor per led strip -> 39ohms / 0.5W and one PSU block with 43Vdc (t... more


turboFlutes

turboFlutes

TurboFlutes are midi interfaces / breathing – not blowing instruments. Two prototypes were built in 2020, additional work was done in the next years – along with the preparation of printed-circuit-boards, etc. – and concerts…

During the first steps of elaboration it was clear that normal tone intervals as for the flute will be used. This made up a 12-tone scale with seven buttons on top. On the bottom left-hand side one octave up transposition button was replaced by two &... more


Sajam 3N / Palach Rijeka – 6+7.09.2019

Sajam 3N / Palach Rijeka – 6+7.09.2019

Borut Savski – kasni radovi / latest works

A brief moment from the event…

Sprave i objekti predvidjeni za izložbu=sajam 3N u Palach Rijeka – 6+7.09.2019

1. SI_AI midi piano (2019)
https://www.turborebop.net/?p=979

AI_SI Piano stands for a midi trigger device based on a touchpad system found in any laptop computer – brought to a form of an oversimplified instrument that acts as piano.

Piano is one of the two model instruments of 19th Cent... more


AI_SI touchpad Piano

AI_SI touchpad Piano

AI_SI Piano stands for a midi trigger device based on a touchpad system found in any laptop computer – brought to a form of an oversimplified instrument that acts as piano. It was a fast idea from a recent real piece of a dream of mine – in dream i would just bang with my finger on a touchpad – and this sounded as a “veritable” piano…

So: again one of the projects that is not linked directly to some envisioned artistic output. But as an instrument it c... more


TwinSpeaks

TwinSpeaks

Twin Speaks je umetna dvojica v dialogu. Dialog je sestavljen iz gibov in glasov. Oboje izhaja iz telesa in je pri živih bitjih zlito v eno – gib povzroči glas in glas povzroči gib. Podobno je dialog abstrakcija na ravni vzajemnega odnosa, kjer zlitje poteka med dvema v dialogu vpetima stranema. Gib dobi protigib in glas dobi protiglas. Seveda se lahko v idealnem primeru glasova tudi združita v eno pesem. Ali razdružita v nepovezano besedičenje.

https://youtu.be/u10T9z7Vt4U

Opis ... more


Kitara za na pot

Kitara za na pot

Travel guitar is usually a short version of regular length guitar. In this case the strings are folded at the bottom and machine head is at the back. It is an electric guitar with a relatively wide fretboard (for my thick fingers) – basically a copy of the acoustic guitar that i have.

The final motive is simplicity and precision. Again the Cirkulacija 2 space proved invaluable for this project! CNC2 router was used throughout.

The idea came after a plan to have a performance of a p... more


Passive audio limiter

Passive audio limiter

It happens that experimental approaches have victims. These are amplifiers and especially loudspeakers. Two amplifiers and a couple of loudspeakers of Cirkulacija 2 are now dead. What was needed is an effective audio compressor/ limiter. This is it. After recent changes seems to work well.

The nature of limiter is that it instantly changes the amplification factor – the moment the input peak signal surpasses a certain voltage level – all the sound is than pushed down at the output. T... more


Tapravi teremin

Tapravi teremin

In 2017 I decided to finish building two pieces of “classic” theremin by using the two printed circuit boars that i etched five years ago. The circuit is basically the “etherwave” theremin by Robert Moog. The prototype was built and tried successfully at that time – but then the time somehow evaporated. So this now is the psycho-disciplinary action: finishing what was started – and: something to do in-between.

I was able to do the instrument building in the wo... more


Cirkulino 4

Cirkulino 4
Cirkulino 4 is a midi sequencer based on Arduino UNO R3 development board. It is an advancement from previous ones – and is final. The pcb’s were ordered to be made to professional standards.

A double boot option for arduino was found – to launch it as a native midi device -> https://diyelectromusic.com/2022/03/22/arduino-and-usb-midi/

mocoLUFA MIDI firmware for Arduino Uno -> http://morecatlab.akiba.coocan.jp/lab/index.php/aruino/midi-firmware-for-arduino-uno-m... more


IBALLS & iballs

IBALLS & iballs

For the Cirkulacija 2 project of Cultural Interfaces in 2015 i devised a spheric type of wireless interface called IBALL (the big ones) and iballs (the little ones). It is arduino based wireless midi controller of XZY position.

Originally it was used to control the turning of the XY loudspeakers which Stefan Doepner made for Cirkulacija 2 events. At the same time it was a controller to play directly on the midi input to various software.

It can be used as a transmitter/ receiver of midi t... more


Stvar brez imena?

Stvar brez imena?

Festival PixxelPoint 2015 – OBJEKT – 16. mednarodni festival medijskih umetnosti, Nova Gorica,  27. november – 4. december 2015
Pixxelpoint 2015: OBJECT – 16th International Media Art Festival, Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Gorizia (Italy), 27 November – 4 December 2015
http://www.pixxelpoint.org/sl/

“Media art no longer exists. Medijske umetnosti ni več. Non esiste più. Gibst nicht mehr. Ne existe plus.” Igor Štromajer, para-curator.

The claim b... more


Wardenclyffe Tower

Wardenclyffe Tower

Zvočna instalacija/ instrument

Prva postavitev:
MFRU-KIBLIX 2015
KIBLA PORTAL, Valvasorjeva 40
Festival 7.−9. oktober 2015
Razstava 7.−23. oktober 2015
http://mfru-kiblix.si/?cat=7

Opisno:

antena s šestimi aktivnimi kovinskimi kraki, občutljivimi na intenzivnost dotika – sočasno ali posamezno, kar proizvaja zvok, oziroma spremembo zvoka. Vsak krak je svoj senzor za dotik. Zvoke  igra obiskovalec, če pa obiskovalca ni, se dogaja osnovni ... more


XG midi synth

XG midi synth

DB50XG Yamaha daughter board bought years ago was finally used to make a stand-alone midi synthesizer – as it was envisioned. Arduino platform had to come my way – to be able to do all the little programming to be able to set the the instruments manually with rotary encoder. It is now used extensivelly.

The board can play back very high quality samples from the extended midi (XG) set of instrument sounds. While for artistic approach I prefer the co-called “de-naturized” s... more


Cirkulino workshop at SGMK Zürich, etc.

Cirkulino workshop at SGMK Zürich, etc.

In May 2013 there was a couple of events with Borut Savski in Switzerland: a concert performance at Klubi experimental music club in Zürich, a week spent at Anyma hackers’ week in Fribourg and a workshop on building Cirkulino midi sequencer at SGMK Zürich. Thanks to Dusjagr!

The Anyma week was interesting as a meeting place of various diy electronics related people from all over Switzerland. A bit of insight into what they do. The gnusbuino direct midi usb series is something to focus o... more


Termenvox, theremin in/ali etervox

Termenvox,  theremin in/ali etervox

Predstavitev, delavnica: četrtek, 14. oktober 2011 od 17.00 do okoli 21.00

Termenvox ali theremin ali etervox imenujejo tudi prvi elektronski glasbeni instrument (leta 1920). Njegov izumitelj je Lev Sergejevič Termen. Seveda je neposredna posledica izuma ojačevalnega elementa (Lee de Forest, 1906-10), vendar je že tudi zlo/dobro/raba tehnologije za estetsko rabo. V zadnjem desetletju doživlja najbrž že svoj četrti ali peti ciklus ponovnega življenja, ti ciklusi pa dokaj zvesto sledijo t... more


Sonično gledišče

Sonično gledišče
Sonično gledišče = Sonic Point of View
avdio-vizualna instalacija
by B. SAVSKI

SONIČNO GLEDIŠČE je modularna instalacija, ki naj bi z enostavnimi sredstvi združila v celoto “nebo in zemljo”. Poudarek je torej na “podobi celostnosti”. Torej je bilo potrebno vse mogoče “sklopljenosti” prečistiti na elementarni dvojec “nebo in zemljo”. Temu najenostavnejšemu dualnemu sistemu smo dodali še nekaj drugačnih interpretacij – ... more


Okrogla miza

Okrogla miza

[Original at http://www.3via.org/index.php?htm=okrogla_miza
or at https://www.turborebop.net/html.php?htm=okrogla_miza]

Na Kunstradiu, Dunaj junija 2001 http://www.kunstradio.at/2001A/24_06_01.html

Okrogla miza / Round Table

Ali je okrogla miza glasbeni ali socialni instrument? Okrogla miza je mesto komunikacije, debate, poslušanja in dejanja (dajanja?). Tako vsaj načelno velja za okrogle mize v elektronskih medijih. No, mi smo vzeli okroglo mizo dobesedno…

Be... more


Tube amplifier

Tube amplifier

[Original at https://www.turborebop.net/borut_galerija/index.php?folder=electronics/tubeamp]

The Harp of New Albion

A somehow poetic name relates to the rich harmonic content of tube amplifiers (and to the piano piece by American composer Terry Riley).

I wanted to build one for years and it came to life a decade later (with the know-how). It came to life with a realization that it is all the truth (the musicality of the vacuum tube).

Amplifier was built around two broken do... more