k. a. bloom

video of four de-congruent squares

These four pieces are part of a series of nine video groups. To be projeced/displayed interactive/simultaneously (installation). Here, the movement of the squares were determined by a set of 100 drawings, random placements of drawings on consecutive animation pages

—footage via frame to frame and action scanning.
 
The sound was composed using a graphic score corresponding to the color and design of the image.
 
The formula allows basic elements of each separate piece to correspond so it is possible to play them separately or in concert or with any variation.
 
For future interactive installation, options to freeze action, print a frame, play individually, or simultaneously. Ideally another sound interwoven would be a random sampling of natural sound near the showplace (contact microphones/recording/audio feed)

color squares ＞ music

a grid of color squares. each color is pre-assigned a note value, octave and duration. the grid is laser-scanned several times using selective sets of compatible tunings. the output generates 6 voices each scan for which the sound is also set, but can be varied. these audio tracks are treated and mixed - le voila' - btw, the grid is 3D, what you see here is one flat view, 3D images showing depths and angles coming soon - 

to be continued w's.i.p. 

inside the box

Inside the Box could be characterized as "outside the box", a short video animation done frame by frame the old fashioned way using vector drawings, photoshop in movie mode, very basic. The idea was imaginary holographic boxes and artworks in a museum setting. The art, the animation, the sound and production by K.A. Bloom.

 

   

SCARLET RIBBONS

This is my attempt at a more polished version of Scarlet Ribbons.

 

The music of Scarlet Ribbons was written by Evelyn Danzig Levine (January 16, 1902 – July 26, 1996) and the words by her collaborator, Jack Segal (October 19, 1918 – February 10, 2005). Evelyn Danzig and I share the same birthdate, which I did not know when first inspired to do an electronic arrangement of Scarlet Ribbons.  

My A&R company sends daily listings of new calls-and often-times, there are calls for an original arrangement of some classical or public domain music. This was a great exercise in composition, because I didn’t write it- I had to treat it like my baby, working out the “meaning” of the melody. The experience gave great insights for original compositions.

meditation

composition and recording by kathi bloom

Bruno Oscar Klein ”Prelude to the Italian Suite”

Bruno Oscar Klein (6 June 1858 — 22 June 1911) was American composer and organist of German origin. He wrote a number of works for orchestra, some chamber music, church music, and a large number of songs.

transcribed, arranged, recorded by Kathi Bloom

chaosarabande

visual music based on a graphic score of 3x3 tiled squares and circles three times with 3 visually related 3-color spectrum(rgb) score base images, these image files were also used to compose the visual. experimenting at creating scores specifically for audio interpretation of visual signals or vice versa, finding that i can be very specific regarding the colors and shapes used to score the sound, and researching the various types of visual scores made and used by contemporary composers more info on this later....sit back, enjoy 3:02

white noise pattern music

the varieties of tones and timbres of 'white noise' composed in a musical score, with animated 'rorschach' imagery

juxtapose pattern

juxtapose pattern attempts to synthesize two pattern types, the symmetrical and the random

oh leander (2)

a most wonderful reading by sir paul squires with faint trails of some jazz in the background ambiance an infused with spellbinding interpretation the text can be seen in the previous post 'oh leander' by tipota with gratitude immensely honored to Paul (gingatao.com)