http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcu4JtLj4jA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfOkd3spb4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9m17LBUoc
well i'm not to sure on where i'm going this my research but I was encouraged to look at colour organs because both objects dealt with light and sound. I was also encouraged to check out machines that were out of control because controlling spi-dog seemed to be imposable. one book that i'm looking into is by kevin kelly "out of control: the new biology of the machine.
Alexander Rimington Colour Organ
Through my research on colour organs I ran across professor Alexander Wallace Rimington. Rimington studied at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Arts. Through Rimintons studies he became interested in photography and music, these interests would later lead him to believe that sound and colour were similar in respects to vibrations and that by bringing both mediums together an individual would be able to comprehend the composers true intentions.
Through his understanding of colour and music, Rimington would develop the Colour Organ. The Colour Organ was a piece of equipment that projected hues onto a screen as well as sound. To do this Rimington developed a lens and filter system that connected to the keyboard keys, in addition to this the swell pedal was used to vary the intensity of the hues projected on the screen. The colour organ varied in size in some cases it consisted of five different keyboards and was ten feet high.
Due to the capabilities of the colour organ Sarah Tooley wrote that the Colour Organ would “flood the most prosaically dull room in London’s murky atmosphere with vibrating rainbow hues whish will bring music to the soul of those cultivated to receive these impressions”.
Unfortunately the development of the Colour Organ would later be halted as World War One began.
Professor Alexander Rimington
“Colour Music Lights.” Strand Electric. Jan 1991.
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