Got this article from The Kids Should See This website.
"DYSKOGRAF is a graphic disk reader. Each disc is created by visitors to
the installation by way of felt tip pens provided for their use. The
mechanism then reads the disk, translating the drawing into a musical
sequence.
The installation is above all a tool, which allows the
creation of musical sequences in an intuitive way. The notion of a loop,
closely linked to electronic music, is represented here by the cycle of
the disk. The disk passes indefinitely in front of a camera fixed onto
an arm. This substitution for the needle converts the drawing into sound
by way of a specific application program (software). Through this
system, the sequential ordering of music is learnt in a playful way, at
the same time creating a unique object, souvenir of the musical
composition.
The numeric world is a world of binary
choice. The object of DYSKOGRAF is to give room again for accidents in
numeric creation, accidents that often favour creativity."
Cool right? Feels like sharing it with my students and let the kids enjoy & explore :)
