Name: David Parfit
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 250.507.2320
Location: Victoria, B.C.
Company: Seaside Sound, Mountainside Films
Website: www.davidparfit.com, www.thewhalemovie.com, www.mountainsidefilms.com
Oral to Aural: Artificial Synaesthesia
As a form of artistic expression, I will subjectively analyze the taste of two contrasting
food items (i.e. one savory, one sweet) and create a dynamic sonic fingerprint for each by
translating the temporal taste characteristics into sonic frequencies, timbres and
amplitudes using recognizable instruments as well as modified, or processed, recorded
sound. I will perform each composition in 4.1 surround sound using an interactive
computer music system (Max/MSP) and a control surface (keyboard, mixer) as the
audience tastes the food (i.e. hor d’oeuvre followed by dessert), improvising using the
sound class created prior by responding to the eating style of the audience. The resulting
musical and oral experience will be moderately tonal, accessible, and tasty.
The work will be completed and performed for the Awesomers within one month upon
project approval.
Bio (image available at www.mountainsidefilms.com)
David holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Montana
and a Master of Music in music technology from New York University. He studied
digital signal processing, composition, and film scoring with Dr. Robert Rowe, Dr.
Richard Boulanger, Dr. Ron Sadoff, Dr. Charles Nichols, and Dr. Kenneth Peacock. He
has written concert music that has been performed throughout North America, and music
for films and television programs broadcast on the National Geographic Channel, ABC,
ESPN, CBC, NHK, BBC, among others, and shown at film festivals around the world.
He runs his composition and audio post-production company, Seaside Sound, from his
home in Victoria, B.C.
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