20 OSCILLATORS IN 20 MINUTES theater/performance - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: rich
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 01:51:26 pm
content: Are you posting this as a great piece of performance theatre, or as a complete waste of 25 minutes?I'll defend anybody's right to create art/music/theatre/..., but if it's being created for an audience and that audience isn't rewarded in the transaction then it's a self-indulgent fail. Watching somebody wire up 555 timers on breadboard whilst the audio played out live and they half answer audience questions isn't rewarding in my opinion.A talented performance artist could have made this concept interesting and engaging rather than a cringeworthy experience, but not this person. Your milage may vary.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 01:57:46 pm
content: Quote from: rich on February 15, 2016, 01:51:26 pm25 minutes? For me it wasted only 20 seconds. YWMV.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 02:03:20 pm
content: It was morbid curiosity - but I started watching it.I was hoping there would be some clever progression of rhythms to end up with some sort of musical magic - but after the 4th oscillator, I just skipped forward four or five times and ended up watching the last couple of minutes .... totally disappointed.Yeah. It's 20 555 timers (did anybody miss getting that right?) that were already breadboarded. Riveting.

author: rich
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 02:16:03 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on February 15, 2016, 01:57:46 pmMe too, but I did let it play to completion in an inactive window; it's pretty clear as soon as she starts it is going to be a train wreck.

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 05:56:59 pm
content: 1000 sitarists1Million bagpipers!

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 06:18:01 pm
content: Quote from: Brumby on February 15, 2016, 02:03:20 pmYup, I kept hoping that after they all got going it would make some sort of music, but no. FAIL. I kept skipping and hearing more of the sound but then in the end - nope. And only got to 18 in the end after all - with the hardest part, getting the IC inserted in the breadboard, already done. The other parts were lined up on the breadboard across the top,, the power rails were already connected - there wasn't a whole lot to do really.

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 08:24:29 pm
content: Quote from: Brumby on February 15, 2016, 02:03:20 pmI did pretty much the same, but with less patience than you had - I started skipping forward after the second one started ticking because I was curious if it was going to be anything other than a cacophony when it was finished. My suspicions were, alas, fulfilled.I suppose I just don't 'get' 'art'. (Both in quotes because I'm not sure if it's me not getting it, or if it's simply not art...)-Pat

author: rich
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 08:59:11 pm
content: I'd say your art detector is calibrated perfectly, this shouldn't register as art imho. If it hadn't been billed as 'theater performance' I doubt we'd even be discussing whether it could be classed as such. In fact, if it wasn't billed as theater, I wouldn't have even strayed into this thread.I'm curious if the OP enjoyed it?

author: sarepairman2
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 09:03:19 pm
content: has anyone watched this while under the influence of psychedelia drugs yet? is there a change of opinion?

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 09:05:50 pm
content: Quote from: sarepairman2 on February 15, 2016, 09:03:19 pmNo change.

author: HAL-42b
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 09:53:54 pm
content: Quote from: rich on February 15, 2016, 08:59:11 pmTo be honest OP made the post before watching the end and admits it was a bit of a letdown. But then again OP did not have high expectations to begin with.It is what it is and in a sense I think it is cute. In my opinion it should not be criticized too harshly because it may discourage other people whose performances might actually be good.Besides, it has 555 in it.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 10:53:02 pm
content: I skipped through it at about 20 different points waiting for some music, but all I got was lots of crackle and pop?

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 15, 2016, 11:42:12 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2016, 10:53:02 pmDave, you must have missed the Snap. (poor attempt at humor related to a US breakfast cereal.)-Pat

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 16, 2016, 01:21:27 am
content: We've got Rice Bubbles here ... and, yes, they would have been more entertaining.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2016, 01:40:00 am
content: Quote from: sarepairman2 on February 15, 2016, 09:03:19 pmNo but I guess that will be a waste of those drugsQuote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2016, 10:53:02 pmYou must be a true ZEN master to do that. I think I got to 4 points and then skipped straight to the end which made me think why I even bothered to do that.

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2016, 07:20:26 am
content: Quote from: HAL-42b on February 15, 2016, 09:53:54 pmhttp://despair.com/collections/demotivators/products/mistakes

author: sarepairman2
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2016, 08:09:20 am
content: snap crackle and pop are the high derivative terms of motion/position.these effects can easily be seen if you watch jim carrey's mouth. hence the expression "making more crazy faces then jim carrey on crack".