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Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics
Evan Grant: Kimatično upodabljanje zvoka
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Evan Grant prikaže znanost in umetnost kimatike, postopka upodabljanja zvočnih valov. Z njeno pomočjo lahko preučujemo zapletene zvoke, kot je oglašanje delfinov, ali pa ustvarjamo kompleksne in čudovite vzorce.
Evan Grant - Creative technologist
Evan Grant works with cymatics, the art of visualizing sound, and is the founder of the arts and technology collective seeper. Full bio
Evan Grant works with cymatics, the art of visualizing sound, and is the founder of the arts and technology collective seeper. Full bio
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I'm a creative technologist
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Sem kreativni tehnolog,
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and the focus of my work is on public installations.
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posvečam pa se javnim postavitvam.
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One of my driving passions
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Ena mojih glavnih strasti
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is this idea of exploring nature,
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je zamisel o raziskovanju narave
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and trying to find hidden data within nature.
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in iskanju skritih podatkov v njej.
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It seems to me that there is
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Zdi se mi,
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this latent potential everywhere, all around us.
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da so skrite možnosti povsod okrog nas.
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Everything gives out some kind of data,
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Vse nam ponuja neke vrste podatke,
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whether it's sound or smell or vibration.
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naj bo zvok, vonj ali vibracija.
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Through my work, I've been
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Skozi moje delo sem poskušal
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trying to find ways to harness and unveil this.
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najti načine za njihovo zaznavanje in razkrivanje.
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And so this basically led me to
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To me je vodilo k področju,
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a subject called cymatics.
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imenovanem kimatika.
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Now, cymatics is the process of visualizing sound
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Kimatika je postopek upodabljanja zvoka
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by basically vibrating a medium such as sand or water,
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preko vibracije medija, kot sta pesek ali voda,
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as you can see there.
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kot lahko vidite tu.
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So, if we have a quick look at the history of cymatics
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Sprehodimo se na hitro skozi zgodovino kimatike,
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beginning with the observations of resonance,
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začenši z opazovanji resonance,
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by Da Vinci, Galileo, the English scientist Robert Hook
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ki so jih izvedli Da Vinci, Galileo, Anglež Robert Hook
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and then Ernest Chladni.
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in kasneje Ernest Chladni.
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He created an experiment using a metal plate,
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Njegov poizkus je temeljil na kovinski plošči,
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covering it with sand and then bowing it
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posuti s peskom, ob katero je potegnil z lokom,
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to create the Chladni patterns that you see here on the right.
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pri čemer so se ustvarili taki Chladnijevi vzorci.
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Moving on from this, the next person to explore this field
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Naslednji se je v sedemdesetih letih s tem ukvarjal
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was a gentleman called Hans Jenny in the 1970s.
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gospod po imenu Hans Jenny.
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He actually coined the term cymatics.
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On je pravzapral skoval izraz kimatika.
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Then bringing us into the present day
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V sedanjosti je pomemben
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is a fellow collaborator of mine
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tudi moj sodelavec,
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and cymatics expert, John Stewart Reed.
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strokovanjak za kimatiko, John Stewart Reed.
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He's kindly recreated for us
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Za nas je poustvaril
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the Chladni experiment.
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Chladnijev poizkus.
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What we can see here is
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Tu lahko vidimo kovinsko ploščo,
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the metal sheet, this time connected to a sound driver
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tokrat povezano z zvočnim virom
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and being fed by a frequency generator.
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in frekvenčnim generatorjem.
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As the frequencies increase,
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Z naraščanjem frekvence
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so do the complexities of the patterns that appear on the plate.
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se veča tudi zapletenost vzorcev na plošči.
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As you can see with your own eyes.
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Kot lahko vidite sami.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
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So, what excites me about cymatics?
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Kaj me torej navdušuje pri tem?
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Well, for me cymatics is an almost magical tool.
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Zame je kimatika nekakšno magično orodje.
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It's like a looking glass into a hidden world.
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Je kot okno v skriti svet.
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Through the numerous ways that we can apply cymatics,
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Preko številnih načinov uporabe kimatike
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we can actually start to unveil the substance of things not seen.
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lahko dejansko začnemo razkrivati bistvo nevidnih stvari.
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Devices like the cymascope, which you can see here,
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Z napravami, kot je tale kimaskop,
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have been used to scientifically observe cymatic patterns.
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lahko znanstveno opazujemo kimatične vzorce.
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And the list of scientific applications is growing every day.
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Seznam možnosti znanstvene uporabe pa se dnevno daljša.
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For example, in oceanography,
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V oceanografiji, na primer,
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a lexicon of dolphin language is actually being created
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so ustvarili slovar delfinskega jezika
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by basically visualizing the sonar beams that the dolphins emit.
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z upodobitvami zvočnih valov, ki jih delfini oddajajo.
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And hopefully in the future we'll be able to gain some deeper understanding
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V prihodnosti bomo morda lahko bolje razumeli,
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of how they communicate.
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kako se sporazumevajo.
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We can also use cymatics for healing and education.
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Kimatika je uporabna tudi v zdravstvu in izobraževanju.
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This is an installation developed with school children,
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To je postavitev, ki smo jo razvili z otroki,
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where their hands are tracked. It allows them
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pri čemer sledimo njihovim dlanem.
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to control and position cymatic patterns
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S tem nadzirajo in nameščajo kimatične vzorce
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and the reflections that are caused by them.
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ter odseve nanje.
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We can also use cymatics as a beautiful natural art form.
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Kimatika je lahko tudi čudovita naravna oblika umetnosti.
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This image here is created from a snippet
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Ta podoba predstavlja delček Beethovnove
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of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony playing through a cymatic device.
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Devete simfonije, predvajane na kimatični napravi.
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So it kind of flips things on its head a little bit.
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Stvari nekako postavi na glavo.
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This is Pink Floyd's "Machine"
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To je skladba "Machine" skupine Pink Floyd,
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playing in real time through the cymascope.
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odigrana skozi kimaskop.
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We can also use cymatics as a looking glass into nature.
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Skozi kimatiko se nam odpre tudi okno v naravo.
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And we can actually recreate the archetypal forms of nature.
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Tako lahko poustvarimo naravne arhetipske oblike.
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So, for example, here on the left we can see a snowflake as it would appear in nature.
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Tu na levi lahko vidimo snežinko, kot se pojavi v naravi.
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Then on the right we can see a cymatically created snowflake.
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Na desni pa kimatično ustvarjeno snežinko.
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And here is a starfish and a cymatic starfish.
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Tu vidimo morsko zvezdo in njeno kimatično sestro.
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And there is thousands of these.
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Obstaja na tisoče takih primerov.
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So what does this all mean?
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Kaj je torej bistvo?
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Well, there is still a lot to explore
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Še vedno je treba ogromno raziskati,
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in its early days. And there's not many people working in this field.
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poleg tega pa se s tem ne ukvarja veliko ljudi.
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But consider for a moment that sound does have form.
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A pomislite, da zvok kljub vsemu ima obliko.
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We've seen that it can affect matter and cause form within matter.
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Videli smo, da vpliva na snov in njeno obliko.
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Then sort of take a leap and think about the universe forming.
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Mislite širše in pomislite na oblikovanje vesolja
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And think about the immense sound of the universe forming.
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in na njegov neizmerljiv zvok.
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And if we kind of ponder on that, then perhaps
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Če dobro razmislimo o tem,
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cymatics had an influence on the formation of the universe itself.
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bi lahko kimatika vpliva na oblikovanje vesolja.
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And here is some eye candy for you, from a range of
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Tu je še nekaj lepih posnetkov,
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DIY scientists and artists
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ki so jih ustvarili domači raziskovalci in
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from all over the globe.
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umetniki s celega sveta.
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Cymatics is accessible to everybody.
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Kimatika je dosegljiva vsem.
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I want to urge everybody here to
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Rad bi vas spodbudil,
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apply your passion, your knowledge
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da vaše strasti, znanje in sposobnosti
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and your skills to areas like cymatics.
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uporabite v področjih, kot je kimatika.
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I think collectively we can build a global community.
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Verjamem, da lahko skupaj ustvarimo globalno skupnost.
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We can inspire each other.
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En drugega lahko navdihujemo
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And we can evolve this exploration
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in tako razvijamo odkrivanje bistva
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of the substance of things not seen. Thank you.
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nevidnih stvari. Hvala lepa.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Evan Grant - Creative technologistEvan Grant works with cymatics, the art of visualizing sound, and is the founder of the arts and technology collective seeper.
Why you should listen
Evan Grant is a creative technologist and founder of arts and technology collective seeper. Founded in 1998, seeper's nucleus is the pursuit of cognitive essence: exploring natural user interaction and ubiquitous technologies, to create and distill artistically immersive, multisensory experiences and memories.
Evan has a heritage in sound, lighting and interaction, software and hardware, design and installation. Exploring multisensory immersion through the use of tangible, gestural and kinetic interaction, to allow a new range of interfaces devices and experiences for users.
In the past 12 months Evan has worked with the likes of Punch Drunk Theatricals, Glastonbury Festival, Hewlett Packard, BFI Southbank, Toyota, Aldeburgh Music, Sony PlayStation and many more innovative brands and arts-based organisations.
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