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The Beat's Interior

Abstract

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The Beat's Interior seeks to answer the simple question: What does the inside of a beat look like? This thesis provides a solution as an audiovisual projection-mapping project inspired by the song, "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean. It explores the relationship between music and architecture. Influenced by scientific theories of cosmic space and the philosophical ideas of space and rhythm, this installation becomes an immersive experience within a constructed form. Original video is mapped onto the skin of the dome using four projectors that are orchestrated through Madmapper. Eight individual parts of a single track are played separately on designated stereos located on the periphery of the room. Changes in the video and music are triggered by GyrOSC data filtered into Max/MSP/Jitter.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Creative Technologies
Department dc:contributor.department
Art and Art History
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2017

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Petersen, Tamar
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Tucker, Thomas J.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Paterson, Simone W.
  • Nichols, Charles S.

Subjects

dc:subject × 3

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:5506
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/78846

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2026-07-22
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citation

Petersen, Tamar. The Beat's Interior. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78846