The project's context
The lecture on context studies and themes on digital art has triggered me do an outline research based on my project. The lectures cover from historical context, education context, geographical context and others. So the assignment is to define what is the actual context that directly pointed to my projects. As i do my research, my project is about building a devices art (digital instrument + theremin based), so from my personal point, my project covered 3 context.
Historical context
- Theremin, a digital instrument that has been created by Leon theremin on 1920, a russin phycisict. The existing of this instrument already reached 80 years and can be considered as ancient by many.
Cultural context
-Has been used by many musician/composer as one of their main instrument to produce music.
-Can be consider as a cultural instrument to plays a music concert, for example one of the band's legend, Led Zeppelin, has used theremin as one of the main instrument in their live concert.
-Theremin also have a role on creating a movie soundtrack, for example to create a horror and spooky sound for horror movie.
Critical and theoretical context
-Many of young designer intend to create a similar project of digital instrument by implementing the theremin itself.
-Theremin has project and idea to create a do-it-yourself musical instrument and has been influenced many of independent and experimental developer to produce a low cost instrument by imitating an existing musical instrument.
The lecture on context studies and themes on digital art has triggered me do an outline research based on my project. The lectures cover from historical context, education context, geographical context and others. So the assignment is to define what is the actual context that directly pointed to my projects. As i do my research, my project is about building a devices art (digital instrument + theremin based), so from my personal point, my project covered 3 context.
Historical context
- Theremin, a digital instrument that has been created by Leon theremin on 1920, a russin phycisict. The existing of this instrument already reached 80 years and can be considered as ancient by many.
Cultural context
-Has been used by many musician/composer as one of their main instrument to produce music.
-Can be consider as a cultural instrument to plays a music concert, for example one of the band's legend, Led Zeppelin, has used theremin as one of the main instrument in their live concert.
-Theremin also have a role on creating a movie soundtrack, for example to create a horror and spooky sound for horror movie.
Critical and theoretical context
-Many of young designer intend to create a similar project of digital instrument by implementing the theremin itself.
-Theremin has project and idea to create a do-it-yourself musical instrument and has been influenced many of independent and experimental developer to produce a low cost instrument by imitating an existing musical instrument.
This movement somewhat stood in opposition to capitalism. In political context, this reaction/ or reflexion of hacking could be read as a backlash/ protest against commercial art or design that is governed exclusively by market laws.
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