The Ensemble

Ensemble on the Black Pearl

Qiao Li
MDes Mediums 2025
Beiqi Wang
MDes Mediums 2025
Sijia Ma
MDes Mediums 2025
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1 Visualization of the piano music ‘He is a pirate’ by Klaus Badelt.

When a note is pressed on the piano, time starts to pass. The continuous transition between notes creates a loop of time. Emphasizing this concept, we've decided to employ vectors and spheres to visualize time, mirroring the trajectory of celestial bodies and the gestures of notes bouncing off an piaano’s surface. Each musical note, distinct in its essence, influences the direction of these vectors, effectively shaping the very fabric of our temporal and spatial environment. This project isn't merely a representation of music and time; it's a testament to how every note can influence the dimensions within which we exist. We use music from "Pirates of the Caribbean" as a testing ground for our ideas, an ensemble on the Black Pearls.

Project video
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2 Visualization from different perspectives in 3d Space.
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3 Music notes on generated 10 x 10 x 10 grid.
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4 Additional design exploration with lofted surface.
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5 C sharp code for 10 x 10 x 10 grid note random generation.