An original concept drawing

Modules installed in the lake.

Plan view

"In keeping with my humanist perspective, the technological structure of the Reeds installation is based on the concept of the organic life cycle. This design approach mirrors the cybernetic principal of the closed causal loop. A closed causal loop is one in which each of the elements contained in the loop act upon the others in a constant and varying fashion to maintain equilibrium. The only influences on a closed causal loop are the elements it contains." - from the article: Paine, Garth (2003). "Reeds", Organised Sound, 8:2.

"The eight channels of sound were dispersed across the reed pods so that panning either of the stereo signals (sig01, sig02) would cause the sound to travel across the installation space. This was achieved by allocating these audio channels to loudspeakers in different reed pod clusters, spreading the stereo signal across the installation, which created a sense of movement, of sound journeying across the installation space, and also helped to establish homogeneity of the sonic landscape of the entire installation. The other four synthesis instruments output mono channels. They were grouped according to their timbrel quality so that the texture of the soundscape varied as one walked around the shore from one side of the installation to the other." - from the article: Paine, Garth (2003). "Reeds" Organised Sound, 8:2.

The RS232 data input sub-patch, converting the incoming machine unit (0 to 4095) figures to units of weather.

Lakeside preparation of modules. 2.4Mb.