Chromatic Windows
Chromatic Windows
C | C# | D | Eb | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B
Prints Available for any or all pitches (5x7 prints in 8x10 black frame with dark gray matte)
An exercise in perceived musical symmetry.
Inspired by Ellsworth Kelly's Museum of Modern Art Paris, I am using a series of 6 colors in sequence across all panels of the 12 window frames of the east facade of the Oak Park Library as a musical metaphor: There are 12 windows (chromatic scale), and each window set has a unique group of 2, 3 or 4 panels (duple/triple meters).
Here is the musical equivalent of this process: a row of 6 notes (marked with slurs) mapped across a varied rhythm.
What it sounds like scored for clarinet, bassoon, and a double-bass playing the six notes in whole notes:
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#2016 #minimalism #angles #grids #geometric #colorful #systems #orange #blue #green #tan #oakpark
C | C# | D | Eb | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B
Prints Available for any or all pitches (5x7 prints in 8x10 black frame with dark gray matte)
An exercise in perceived musical symmetry.
Inspired by Ellsworth Kelly's Museum of Modern Art Paris, I am using a series of 6 colors in sequence across all panels of the 12 window frames of the east facade of the Oak Park Library as a musical metaphor: There are 12 windows (chromatic scale), and each window set has a unique group of 2, 3 or 4 panels (duple/triple meters).
Here is the musical equivalent of this process: a row of 6 notes (marked with slurs) mapped across a varied rhythm.
What it sounds like scored for clarinet, bassoon, and a double-bass playing the six notes in whole notes:
View the gallery: Chromatic Windows
#2016 #minimalism #angles #grids #geometric #colorful #systems #orange #blue #green #tan #oakpark
