LSP interprets Bowditch's work as a possible starting point to develop relationships between sound and image. Since sine waves can also be used to produce pure (audible) tones, it is possible to construct a direct relationship between sound and image. Frequency ratios in sound, de-tuning and phase shifts can have a direct visual counterpart.

Although theoretically all sounds can be seen as sums of multiple sine waves, music in general is often too complex to result in interesting visual patterns. The research of LSP focuses on the subject of composing signals that have both a structural musical quality and a time-based structural visual quality. Different relationships between sound and image are used throughout both the performance and the installation form.

By combining audio with visuals the spatial perception of sound is often being reduced because of the two-dimensional nature of the image versus the three-dimensional nature of sound. With laser(s), it is possible to create three-dimensional changing environments that surround the audience. Here, the image is generated by projecting a laser on a thin layer of smoke or fog. Image and sound originate from the same real-time generated source in the computer. This results in a performance where image and sound play equally important roles. The environment challenges the audience to change their perspective continuously.

Photos
LSP - alveole 14, Estuaire 2007, Saint-Nazaire, France, 2007
LSP, Synch, Athens, Greece, 2006
LSP, Exit, Creteil/Paris, France, 2006
LSP, Museum Night, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2005
LSP, Dissonanze Festival, Rome, Italy, 2005
LSP, Cultuurnacht, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2004
earlier photos

LSP - alveole 14, Estuaire 2007, Saint-Nazaire, France, 2007

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Synch 2006

EXIT 2006 photos and their copyright EMMANUEL VALETTE

Museum Night Amsterdam 2005

concept, realization: Edwin van der Heide