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Moonbell
January 5th, 2009 | Tags: Kaguya, Luna (Earth's moon) | Published in features, spotlight | 5 Comments
The Moon is silent no longer, thanks to JAXA’s ‘Moonbell’ project. Moonbell translates the shape of the lunar landscape into music, converting topographical data from the Kaguya orbiter into a jazz score improvised by nature. Give it try, and be sure to click the preferences tab, where you can select a different mix of instruments to compose your own celestial symphony.
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January 6th, 2009at 8:18 pm(#)
That is amazing and transfixing.
January 7th, 2009at 7:00 pm(#)
Fantastic! This is a very creative way to communicate data. Is there any way to determine the scale of the graphic representation?
January 8th, 2009at 1:10 am(#)
I thought you might like it, Terry. Phillip, not that I can see, but the instructions may give more details, but I can’t read Japanese… I’ll see what I can find out.
January 8th, 2009at 5:32 am(#)
Combine that with the space chain poems and you have a very zen experience. Now there’s a concept… very zen.
Still, bringing the arts into this brings facts and figures to deeper meaning/experience through music or poetry or graphic art.
January 10th, 2009at 5:55 pm(#)
[...] 11, 2009 try this for some sound…it’s bound by the face of the moon, but somehow…it’s [...]