{"id":1690,"date":"2010-05-18T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/ebauche-dun-nuage-de-pluie\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T21:39:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:39:52","slug":"ebauche-dun-nuage-de-pluie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/ebauche-dun-nuage-de-pluie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9bauche d\u2019un nuage de pluie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The installation \u00c9bauche d\u2019un nuage de pluie began with a recent research project where I asked scientists to speculate on the sound of objects and phenomena that are usually considered invisible or inaudible. Through the process of archiving these findings collected from chemists, geologists and meteorologists from different Universities in North America and Europe, one particular aspect became the foundational element of \u00c9bauche d\u2019un nuage de pluie. I asked meteorologists to speculate on the sound of a cloud, and by merging those responses with my personal interpretation of natural phenomena, this piece is my own speculation on the sound of a cloud, more specifically of a rain cloud. The installation consists of hundreds of porcelain \u201cdrops\u201d hanging from a transparent lexan board. Some of the porcelain drops are attached to one of the twelve soleno\u00efds installed on top of the board. These soleno\u00efds are triggered at specific intervals by a microcontroller. When one soleno\u00efd is triggered, it pulls the thread attached to one of the porcelain drops and causes it to click against the other drops surrounding it, suggesting a potential sound that could be experienced inside a rain cloud. The microcontroller is programmed in a way that the intervals between clicks are at first longer\u2014as if it were slowly starting to rain\u2014 and progressively become shorter to suggest a cloudburst. This subtle sparkling sound of a rain cloud produced by the porcelain drops is juxtaposed with the percussive vibrations in the lexan board produced by the soleno\u00efds triggered at specific intervals. This live sound is captured with a piezo microphone and amplified through a speaker.         <\/p>\n\n<p>Lexan board, porcelain, glaze, polyester thread, soleno\u00efds, circuit boards, microcontroller, piezo microphone, amplifier, speaker, 45 x 10 x 24 in.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-6 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_ebauche_aproux.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"243\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_ebauche_aproux.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_ebauche_aproux.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_ebauche_aproux-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"244\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_ebauche_aproulx.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_ebauche_aproulx-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"245\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_ebauche_aproulx.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_ebauche_aproulx-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"246\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_ebauche_aproulx.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_ebauche_aproulx-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"247\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_ebauche_aproulx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_ebauche_aproulx.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_ebauche_aproulx-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>Photo credit : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennaedwards.ca\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jenna Edwards<\/a><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/134378639&amp;color=333333&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p>Recording of the vibrations in the lexan produced by the 12 soleno\u00efds integrated in the sculpture, 1 minute 44 seconds, 2009.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Am\u00e9lie Proulx (MFA 2010)\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-yy7hICm1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Video produced by NSCAD University to promote the MFA program. I discuss two installations created during my MFA : \u00c9bauche d\u2019un nuage de pluie and Voil\u00e0, Vois l\u00e0, Voile (a). <\/p>\n\n<p>Credit : <a href=\"http:\/\/nscad.ca\/en\/home\/default.aspx\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universit\u00e9 NSCAD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexan board, porcelain, glaze, polyester thread, soleno\u00efds, circuit boards, microcontroller, piezo microphone, amplifier, speaker, 45 x 10 x 24 in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}