to creation

The Omnitonalis installation is a circular structure divided into “rooms”, with a smaller circle in the center. Each room has electronics and live musicians providing a harmonic gradient throughout the sonic experience. The music played in each room is the same piece of music but expressed in different keys, or in this case different modes (Phase 1). The installation allows the listener multiple ways of experiencing the music. Moving from room to room the listener experiences a gradual shift in sound — brightening and darkening depending on the path one travels. From the center, the listener experiences the sum of all rooms at once, a sound-bath expressing the totality of any given moment. Lastly, the listeners are able to directly affect the live musicians, serving as “triggers” to specific parameters and events through variables like proximity to the musicians and number of listeners per room. In effect, the audience plays an immediate role in how the composition is shaped.