Sol's Violin

Sol’s Violin [a work for the music of the spheres] by Kettle was an audio composition of 521 hours in its entirety installed at Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane from the 31 July - 31 August, 2003.
Tones are established for the 9 planets based on the geophysical properties of planetary mass and orbital period.

Frequency = ((1/Orbit)xweight)/2^48

Tone is manipulated in real-time by astronomical data specific to Brisbane (see below).
A planet's rising and setting times controls the volume envelop with Geocentric position attributed to modulation.
The simple installation of distributed sound consists of envelopes of volume and modulation in 4 1/2 weeks blocks (77 hours, 111 hours, 111 hours, 111 hours & 111 hours).

Gallery 1 of the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, was completely bare for this installation to achieve Simplicity and a concentration to the sound.Speakers where installed in the ceiling.

Planetary Geophysical Data:

	Orbit	Mass	Frequency
Mercury	87.97 days	3.3022x10^23	154.343
Venus	224.7 days	4.8690x10^24	890.927
Lunar	29.53 days	7.3483x10^22	102.329
Mars	687 days	6.4191x10^23	38.421
Jupiter	11.86 years	1898.8x10^24	18020.565
Saturn	29.46 years	568.50x10^24	2164.237
Uranus	84.01 years	86.625x10^24	115.349
Neptune	164.8 years	102.78x10^24	69.228

Astronomical Data (specific to IMA, Brisbane):

Rising/Setting Time

Geocentric Position

Date

Sol

Lunar

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

26 July

6:33/17:16

3:54/14:19

7:46/18:49

6:12/16:43

19:28/9:01

7:46/18:48

4:51/15:16

19:23/8:19

17:52/7:13

+19.34

+25.35

+15.02

+21.38

-13.11

+14.37

+22.30

-11.32

-17.11

2 August

6:29/17:20

9:11/21:15

7:49/19.11

6:17/16:56

19:30/8:35

7:23/18:27

4:27/14:52

18:55/7:51

17:23/6:45

+17.56

+5.36

+10.30

+20.00

-13.32

+14.07

+22.28

-11.37

-17.14

9 August

6:24/17:23

14:11/3:44

7:45/19:25

6:20/17:09

18:59/8:06

7:00/18:06

4:03/14:28

18:26/7:22

16:55/6:17

+16.02

-26.29

+6.02

+17.54

-14.03

+13.37

+22.25

-11.43

-17.18

16 August

6:18/17:27

21:13/8:47

7:34/19:31

6:21/17:21

18:26/7:36

6:38/17:46

3:39/14:04

17:57/6:54

16:27/5:49

+13.56

-0.05

+2.03

+15.23

-14.41

+13.06

+22.22

-11.48

-17.21

23 August

6:12/17:30

2:39/13:00

7:16/19:25

6:21/17:34

17:51/7:04

6:15/17:25

3:14/13:40

17:28/6:26

15:58/5:20

+11.40

+26.29

-0.58

+12.32

-15.20

+12.35

+22.20

-11.54

-17.24

30 August

6:05/17:33

7:45/20:08

6:49/19:02

6:20/17:46

17:15/6:30

5:52/17:05

2:49/13:15

16:59/5:57

15.30/4:52

+9.14

+0.59

-2.20

+9.24

-15.55

+12.03

+22.17

-12.00

-17.27

Astronomical Data (specific to Unsound 2003, Wagga Wagga):

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Gallery Layout	Catalogue Cover	IMA Courtyard	IMA Gallery 1	Gallery 1 Speakers	Courtyard speakers

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