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Trying To Contact Aliens

Trying To Contact Aliens

I really enjoyed this. A short film about someone who built a transmitter in his grandmother’s back garden to transmit music to other lifeforms in outer space.

Author Richard GallonPosted on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020Categories researchTags alien, non-verbal communication, space

Two completed Space Rocks

Photos of the two ‘completed’ Space Rocks so far.

Author Richard GallonPosted on June 2, 2019June 2, 2019Categories researchTags Arduino, audio, circuits, interactive, interactiveart, Mozzi, soundinstallation, soundinstallationart, soundinstallations, space, spacerocks, voyager1, wearehere

Space Rock innards on new PCBs.

Space Rock innards on new PCBs. Working. Video.

Space Rock PCB – 01
Space Rock PCB – 02
Author Richard GallonPosted on June 2, 2019Categories prototyping, researchTags Arduino, audio, circuits, interactive, interactiveart, Mozzi, soundinstallation, soundinstallationart, soundinstallations, space, spacerocks, voyager1, wearehere

We Are Here exhibition catalogue preview

Here’s a sneak preview of the We Are Here exhibition catalogue.



We Are Here

By Richard Gallon

Author Richard GallonPosted on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018Format ImageCategories PG05, sketchesTags Arduino, audio, catalogue, exhibition, installation, interactive, sci fi, sound, space, Space Rocks, We Are Here

Space Rocks demonstration video

Space Rocks demonstration video

Installation proof-of-concept video.

Author Richard GallonPosted on September 2, 2018September 2, 2018Format VideoCategories PG05, prototypingTags Arduino, audio, Mozzi, networked, play, prototype, sci fi, sound, space, Space Rocks, visualisation, XBee

Today’s musical inspiration…

…is Raymond Scott’s Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space, 1961-1971.

Author Richard GallonPosted on August 23, 2018August 23, 2018Format AudioCategories PG05, researchTags audio, electronic, electronica, inspiration, space

Display stands for the Space Rocks

Display stands for the Space Rocks

Some designs for the stands for the Space Rocks.

Space Rock with masking tape 'stand'
Space Rock with masking tape ‘stand’
Space Rock with masking tape 'stand'
Space Rock with masking tape ‘stand’
SHAPE4 - stand
SHAPE4 – stand

Author Richard GallonPosted on August 18, 2018August 19, 2018Format GalleryCategories PG05, research, sketchesTags 3d, 3D printed, installation, interactive, model, prototype, sketch, space, Space Rocks, test

We Are Here

Author Richard GallonPosted on August 7, 2018Format ImageCategories prototyping, sketchesTags design, sketch, space, Space Rocks

We Are Here Spotify playlist

We Are Here Spotify playlist

A Spotify playlist to accompany the research for We Are Here.

Author Richard GallonPosted on August 7, 2018August 7, 2018Format AudioCategories PG05, researchTags ambient, Arrival, Brian Eno, future, Joe Meek, new world, playlist, soundtrack, space, spotify, Sun Ra

Installation ideas

Some further sketches for presenting the Space Rocks.

Author Richard GallonPosted on July 23, 2018July 23, 2018Categories PG05, research, sketchesTags immersive, installation, sketch, space, visualisation

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This blog documents the development of the interactive audio project, We Are Here.

We Are Here is about the time capsule that was returned to Earth by an alien civilisation in response to these original Voyager records. It is a ‘message in a bottle’ from an extraterrestrial life form. Who sent it? And why?

A series of interactive sculptures (Space Rocks) using sound to tell the story of their planet of origin. They are a message sent back to Earth in response to the launch of the Voyager Golden Record.

The final installation uses Arduino microcontrollers connected by LoRa (Long Range) digital wireless data communication, placed in specially-designed 3D printed shells.

I Am Here

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