LimteaZero - Active Metaphor
Limiteazero is an Italian design studio based in Milan. They work across various fields, including "network installations design, set design, exhibition design, media in architecture and public space, interaction design, digital identity design, sound design, creative-network-software design".
Through their experimental works they explore alternative realtionships between people, their machines and thier environment.
The Carnivore client they created is titled Active Metaphor.
The Active Metaphor client takes the data provided by Carnivore and uses it to create a series of dynamic 3D shapes as well as an audio frequency.
I was unable to run Carnivore locally on this particular Mac so I couldn't try the client myself but there is thankfully a QuickTime movie available on the Limiteazero site which demonstrates the application in action.
Limiteazero state that they are more interested in the flow of data on the network [which is normally hidden form the user] rather than the medium through which it has been displayed.
The IP addresses captured by Carnivore are split into four sections - 123.456.123.456 becomes aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd. These numbers are then used to create the 3D shapes and apply a level of opacity to them.
Different equations are used to create different shapes:
(A*B*C) - generates a cube
(B*H) / 2 - generates a triangle
(4/3) * R * 3,14 - generates a sphere
For the sound generation, Pure Data was used although there isn't much information detailed on the website as to how this works. Limiteazero don't seem to be too confident in their use of Pd and ask for more advanced users to add to the patch they developed.
The sounds it generates are ranging frequencies, which I assume are created using the IP in a similar way as is used for the 3d shape creation.
It seems pointless to download the files to this studio mac as I wont be able to deconstruct and test them to explore their workings as I have no access to Carnivore. This testing shall have to be done later, back at my flat.
*Note to self: Contact studio administrators [via Rob?] and see if it is possible to run Carnivore on one of the machines on the network here to make it accessible from any of the other macs to allow future experiments to be tested.
Through their experimental works they explore alternative realtionships between people, their machines and thier environment.
The Carnivore client they created is titled Active Metaphor.
The Active Metaphor client takes the data provided by Carnivore and uses it to create a series of dynamic 3D shapes as well as an audio frequency.
I was unable to run Carnivore locally on this particular Mac so I couldn't try the client myself but there is thankfully a QuickTime movie available on the Limiteazero site which demonstrates the application in action.
Limiteazero state that they are more interested in the flow of data on the network [which is normally hidden form the user] rather than the medium through which it has been displayed.
The IP addresses captured by Carnivore are split into four sections - 123.456.123.456 becomes aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd. These numbers are then used to create the 3D shapes and apply a level of opacity to them.
Different equations are used to create different shapes:
(A*B*C) - generates a cube
(B*H) / 2 - generates a triangle
(4/3) * R * 3,14 - generates a sphere
For the sound generation, Pure Data was used although there isn't much information detailed on the website as to how this works. Limiteazero don't seem to be too confident in their use of Pd and ask for more advanced users to add to the patch they developed.
The sounds it generates are ranging frequencies, which I assume are created using the IP in a similar way as is used for the 3d shape creation.
It seems pointless to download the files to this studio mac as I wont be able to deconstruct and test them to explore their workings as I have no access to Carnivore. This testing shall have to be done later, back at my flat.
*Note to self: Contact studio administrators [via Rob?] and see if it is possible to run Carnivore on one of the machines on the network here to make it accessible from any of the other macs to allow future experiments to be tested.
