Nolan Lem

sound art & research in auditory perception, formerly @Stanford @Ccrma.

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For reference here is the sort of phenomenon we were interested in: 32 metronomes (our generative model used 40) beginning to couple via a rollable table. We were interested in how people might synchronize to these sorts of dynamics where the beat percept arises collectively.

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Have a new paper published in @PLOSONE ‘Individual differences of limitation to extract beat from Kuramoto coupled oscillators: Transition from beat-based tapping to frequent tapping with weaker coupling’

https://t.co/dspkg0k6F5

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We suggest that people’s internal criterion for forming beats may involve different perceptual timescales where multiple onset intervals could be integrated or processed sequentially and that high frequency tapping may reflect indiv. approaches in actively seeking synchronization

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In this paper, we looked at how people synchronize to swarms of metronome sounds using a generative model of coupled oscillators in which onsets are crowded around periodic beat centers at different levels of coupling.

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Some recent footage from my recent installation “Double-Blind” at Riises Landsted in Copenhagen.

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Some recent doctoral research of mine in simulating the adaptive synchronization of "coupled metronomes". I create an ensemble of 100 metronomes and increase the coupling strength as if they were positioned on a movable table. Collective rhythms emerge from their interactions

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‘Surface tempi’ from my recent exhibition, surface song, at Eks Rummet in Copenhagen #soundart #kineticart

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@azforeman What book is this excerpt from?

[LondonFetishFilmFestival @FetFilmFestLND]

❌ LFFF 2020 WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT - PART3 ❌

* Best Kink Moment: BDSMR in Autonomous Sense Object by Nolan Lem @no_lem

* Director's Choice: Umbilical Glue by @bryanmferguson

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Some documentation of my recent installation “in praise of idleness” that opened at Galerija Alkatraz Ljubljana. #kineticart #kineticsculpture #soundart #soundsculpture #contemporaryart

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mapped onto these digital photographs to create a group of living portraits at eye level. Hard to say if they’re the observer or the observed. Also audio is neural net generated (trained from field recordings of insist. factories in shenzen). 2/2

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My piece “engine errors / self titled” is being shown at the sound art exhibit along with a presentation this week @iccc_conf. I trained a neural net to conjure up facial renderings using a training set of myself and other chinese engineering students. Video of myself is 1/2

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Slovenian national television featured my recent installation “in praise of idleness” in Ljublana during a segment the other day. Don’t know what they’re saying but you can see some footage of the piece and a short painless interview. #kineticart

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Setting up my installation, “in praise of idleness” at Galerija Alkatraz in Ljubljana, Slovenia. #kineticart #kineticsculpture #soundart #soundsculpture #swarm

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Mad respect @igorpianist

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Gaussian distribution results when a variable is the sum of many random processes like rolling a bunch of dice. This piece explores an acoustic continuum of noise using discrete dice sound events to composite+aggregate sonic mass. #kineticart #soundsculpture

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Some footage from my last piece « menagerie »: I designed and fabricated 50 AR gun triggers and set them to couple, aggregate, and synchronize to the frequencies associated with gun related deaths per each US state. #soundart #soundsculpture #kineticart #kineticsculpture

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@InertialObservr @stevenstrogatz Love this effect - In case anybody is interested, I made a kinetic-sound installation called « push-pole » a few years ago that uses a similar setup :)