I have attached below two diagrams translating the two most commonly occurring and discernible directional patterns in my movement from the video I recorded. I intend to use these two patterns and their gradual decay into chaos and disorder as the basis for my composition. The first pattern involves simple unified movements into each cardinal direction in the octopohnic ring. The second involves many repeated movements that sometimes rebound between the sides of the octophonic ring and circle it. It is interesting to reflect on the fact that the opportunities provided by spatial audio change the idea of a “drum pattern” to a “direction pattern” where, as opposed to the linear layering of elements, the composition of the piece is also informed by the placement of a sound in a space that goes beyond the linear nature of “lanes” in Ableton working on an x and y-axis. I intend to use these repeating patterns as a foundation for the composition and have much of the changes, like the movement, reflected in disruptive panning and sound design that informs failure to express the exhaustion and disorganization of the body over time.
