WORK IN PROGRESS
Cutis Sonat [abstract]
Cutis Sonat is an intermedia research project that parts from questioning about the stereotypes and sociocultural values that have been created historically based on skin color. The proposal covers three sound approaches that use variations of the human complexion to speculate on the relevance that skin color has had in the way humans relate to each other.
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- Cutis Sonat (V 0.1)
Sound installation / bio-action. Following the proposed line of research, this work seeks to address the racial/sociocultural differences around the human complexion with a piece that dialogues with this problem through a sound discourse.
The piece is made up of a collection of human skin desquamation canvases that cover a tonal spectrum that goes from dark to light complexion. Its colorimetry is based on the compilation of images of skin tones that have been taken throughout the process. The color data of each skin tone is used to generate the specific sound frequency of each canvas, which is reproduced by means of a sound device. The canvases are mounted in acrylic containers together with their respective speaker to create sound objects that, through their multiplicity of voices, interpret the translated harmonic counterpoints of the different hues of the skins. The result is a bio-sound space that integrates and puts into dialogue the different skin tones and their sound representation, speculating with the idea that we are all part of this great sample book of color and that far from colliding with each other, are complementary, both physically (skin) and intrinsically at the core (sound). The piece reflects on this in a poetic way, a collection of objects that integrates a wide range of skin tones and their sounds, forming an inter-weaved harmonious discourse without disrupting the individuality of its parts. The composition is based on the color data of each skin tissue sample. The RGB formula of each skin color tone is translated using a Max/MSP patch, and an algorithm. Once the tonal range of each part was outlined, we worked on the composition using the color data to feed the piano parts to generate a harmonic offset that allows a sonic counterpoint between all the sound boxes.
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- Cutis Sonat (V 0.3)
Photographic series that portrays four human skin tones and four magnetic tape music boxes that reproduce a sound piece composed using the tonal information of each skin color.
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- Cutis Sonat (V 0.4)
CS V0.4 is a composition for string quintet based on a skin tone spectrum that dictates each part's tonal range. The piece, which is 30 minutes long, explores the harmonic possibilities of the specific tonalities from each of the assigned colors, creating counterpoints between the different instruments of the ensemble.
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- Cutis Sonat (V 0.5)
HUMAN SKIN MACROS
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B I T A C O R A
Skin Color DATA Sonification