10.5281/zenodo.1149486
https://zenodo.org/records/1149486
oai:zenodo.org:1149486
Theodoros Lotis
Theodoros Lotis
Ionian
Tribalism and Local Structures in a Music and Video Installation.
Zenodo
2018
Audiovisual Installation
Interactivity
MaxMSP
Tribalism in the Arts
2018-01-16
eng
10.5281/zenodo.1149485
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
In a world of globalization, where economic borders are suppressed whilst national and racial barriers are erected higher, the notions of tribalism and tribal behaviorism remain as dominant and indicative as always. Although tribes no longer exist, in the western world, these notions are nowadays related to groups, such as political or athletic associations, economic factions, trade-union organizations and professional guilds, religious teams, social networks on the Internet, etc. These groups often have simple structures with few significant distinctions between their individuals. Tribalism describes the loyalties that individuals feel towards their group/tribe and the way these loyalties affect their behavior and their attitudes towards others. It also refers to the strong cultural identity that characterizes oneself as a member of one group/tribe. These characteristics shape the tribal consciousness and loyalty to the tribal values and to the customs and beliefs of a tribal society. Each time a tribe is in danger of corruptive influences from external sources (other tribes), these values provide for strategies of defense. This paper describes the strategies and methodologies for creating and evolving local structures in a music and video installation. The installation consists of two videos with their unique sound track and a live video, which also contains a triggered sound. A microphone collects, transforms and feeds back sounds and noises generated by the visitors.
Proceedings of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Conference, Sforzando! New York, June 2011.