String Resonator for Room (detail) from S J on Vimeo.
▶ interesting method of string resonance – rotating magnets!
Also see Duofluctus by Sergey Filatov
both via Lines thread: DIY Scaled-up EBow-type Feedback Device
▶ beauty in maths: strange attractors
▶ great twitter thread: what’s an indoor hobby you’ve taken up out of sheer desperation this year that has turned out to feed you in ways you did not expect?
▶ Christopher Nolan says fellow directors have called to complain about his ‘Inaudible’ sound
(I have not seen/heard Tenet so I do not have an opinion either way… And while it is great to hear a great film director championing creative use of sound, as always the proof is in the pudding.)
▶ PODCAST: The Strangeness of Dub – Join Edward George, on a journey into reggae, dub, versions and versioning that draws on critical theory, social history, a deep and wide cross-genre musical selection, and live dub mixing.
▶ Another fascinating thread, by TrollZoo about ‘aged’ fake social media accounts used for lobbying and support of some RW nut job. Consequence: I now wonder what percentage of early adopters of every new platform are actually just playing some very long game, hoping to cash in a decade later.
▶ “paging Elon Musk to the burns ward…