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'''Jiyeh (2006)'''
 
'''Jiyeh (2006)'''
Jonathan Berger
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for computer generated and processed sound
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first performance:
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A Concert of Music on  Ecology and the Environment, CCRMA,  November 9 2006 at the ''Imaging Environment'' conference, Stanford University 
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http://shc.stanford.edu/events/ImagingEnvSchedule.htm
  
Jiyeh is a small coastal town in Lebanon built upon the ancient city of
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Program notes:
Porphyreon, which
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Jiyeh (2006)
is said to be the place where a giant fish delivered Jonah to the shore.
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On July 14th 2006 a coastal power station in Jiyeh was attacked in an
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Jonathan Berger
Israeli air strike
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causing over 20,000 tons of oil to spill into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Although there has
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been relatively little information regarding the ecological impact of this
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maassive spill a
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series of sattelite photos show the dispersion pattern of the oil. These
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patterns appear
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as Baroque-like ornaments that distort the contour of the Lebanese coast
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line. The
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music represents the evolution of these patterns and providing an auditory
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display of
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the enormity of this disaster.
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bio
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Jiyeh is a small coastal town in Lebanon built upon the ancient city of Porphyreon,
 +
reputed to be the site where a giant fish delivered Jonah to the shore.
 +
On July 14th 2006 a coastal power station in Jiyeh was attacked in an Israeli air strike
 +
causing over 20,000 tons of oil to spill into the Mediterranean Sea. Although there has
 +
been relatively little information regarding the ecological impact of this massive spill a
 +
series of sattelite photos show the dispersion pattern of the oil. These patterns appear
 +
as Baroque-like ornaments that distort the contour of the Lebanese coast line.
  
Jonathan Berger is a composer and researcher. Berger's research includes
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I was in Jerusalem in July 2006 and read a fleeting and innocuous news report regarding
developing
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an oil spill on the Lebanese coast apparently caused by an air or ship based missile
methods and tools for effective auditory display of complex data. His
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attack on an aging power plant in Jiyeh. Little information was forthcoming although the
recent recording
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estimates of the amount of oil spilled were alarming.
of chamber music for strings will be released this Spring by Naxos
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In September I asked Jeff Koseff if he had any information about the spill. He replied
recordings on their
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that, to his knowledge, there were only sattelite photographs and that those were yet to
American Masters series.
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be carefully analyzed. Tonight's work,  the first of a set of two pieces (this for multi-
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channel playback and a second for solo violin, percussion and string orchestra), uses
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data from the sattelite photographs to set parameters for synthesis and processing of
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sounds, as well as creating source audio material using a raster scan direct synthesis
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method bing developed by my PhD student Woon Seung Yeo.
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The music represents the evolution of the ornate oil patterns visible in the sattelite
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images to evoke auditory display of this disaster.  
  
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Jonathan Berger is a composer and researcher at CCRMA. His compositions include
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chamber, symphonic and vocal music as well as works incorporating digital synthesis
 +
and processing. His research includes developing methods and tools for effective
 +
auditory display of  complex data.
 +
Berger's recent recording of chamber music for strings will be released this Spring by
 +
Naxos recordings on their American Masters series.
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Background:
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Details and examples of the sonification methods used.
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Satellite Images: (courtesy DLR, Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information and NASA)
  
 
[[Image:20060716_g.jpg]]
 
[[Image:20060716_g.jpg]]
Smoke rising from the Jiyeh power station on July 15 2006
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July 15 2006
  
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[[Image:2-719.jpg]]
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July 19 2006
  
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[[Image:20060723_g.jpg]]
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July 23 2006
  
http://www.zki.dlr.de/applications/2006/lebanon/lebanon_2006_en.html
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[[Image:20060801_g.jpg]]
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August 1 2006
  
updated images of the coastal oil spill: http://www.zki.dlr.de/applications/2006/lebanon/lebanon_2006_modis_en.html
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[[Image:804.jpg]]
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August 4 2006
  
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Sonification methods:
  
Google Maps layered view of the spill over time:
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Since the oil dissemenated  in a generally northern direction, image scans were done from south to north (by flipping the image).
  
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/350/355/july-war/Jiyyeh_oil_spill.kmz&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1
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Woon Seung Yeo's raster scan synthesis method of image sonification  ( http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~woony/works/raster )provided the core sound materials for the piece.  
  
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Raster scann synthesis is described in our DAFX paper: http://www.dafx.ca/proceedings/papers/p_309.pdf.
  
Sonification methods:
 
  
Since the oil dissemenated  in a generally northern direction, image scans were done from south to north (by flipping the image).
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The satellite images were processed and denoised in order to focus on the edges of the coast and of the spill. Examples:
In addition to Woon Seung Yeo's raster scan synthesis ( http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~woony/works/raster ) which provided the following basic sound source materials:
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[http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/j1.wav] - July 19
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[http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/j2.wav] - July 23
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[http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/j3.wav] - August 1
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[http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/j4.wav] - August 8
  
<Examples>
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These sounds were processed using filter settings, temporal stretching and other signal processing methods in which the parameters were all set by measurements of the spill contour in relation to the coastline.
  
The dimensions and shape of the spill shown in each sattelite image is represented in the following ways:
 
 
The width of the spill at each sampled location is sonified by setting filter bandwidth (measured south to north each 25 pixels) at each sample position.
 
The width of the spill at each sampled location is sonified by setting filter bandwidth (measured south to north each 25 pixels) at each sample position.
 
Coastal shape as well as the western edges of the spill in each image. are mapped to melodic pitch.
 
Coastal shape as well as the western edges of the spill in each image. are mapped to melodic pitch.
A fair amount of 'artistic license' was then applied.
 
  
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Considerable 'artistic license' was then enjpyed.
  
here's a rough cut of the piece : http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/jiyeh-first-draft.aif
 
  
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Stereo mix-down of 8-channel piece: (beware: it's large!).
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http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/jiyeh-stereo.aif
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Please note this audio file is not for public presentation and may not be copied or distributed.
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 2 October 2007

Jiyeh (2006) for computer generated and processed sound first performance: A Concert of Music on Ecology and the Environment, CCRMA, November 9 2006 at the Imaging Environment conference, Stanford University http://shc.stanford.edu/events/ImagingEnvSchedule.htm

Program notes: Jiyeh (2006)

Jonathan Berger

Jiyeh is a small coastal town in Lebanon built upon the ancient city of Porphyreon, reputed to be the site where a giant fish delivered Jonah to the shore. On July 14th 2006 a coastal power station in Jiyeh was attacked in an Israeli air strike causing over 20,000 tons of oil to spill into the Mediterranean Sea. Although there has been relatively little information regarding the ecological impact of this massive spill a series of sattelite photos show the dispersion pattern of the oil. These patterns appear as Baroque-like ornaments that distort the contour of the Lebanese coast line.

I was in Jerusalem in July 2006 and read a fleeting and innocuous news report regarding an oil spill on the Lebanese coast apparently caused by an air or ship based missile attack on an aging power plant in Jiyeh. Little information was forthcoming although the estimates of the amount of oil spilled were alarming. In September I asked Jeff Koseff if he had any information about the spill. He replied that, to his knowledge, there were only sattelite photographs and that those were yet to be carefully analyzed. Tonight's work, the first of a set of two pieces (this for multi- channel playback and a second for solo violin, percussion and string orchestra), uses data from the sattelite photographs to set parameters for synthesis and processing of sounds, as well as creating source audio material using a raster scan direct synthesis method bing developed by my PhD student Woon Seung Yeo. The music represents the evolution of the ornate oil patterns visible in the sattelite images to evoke auditory display of this disaster.

Jonathan Berger is a composer and researcher at CCRMA. His compositions include chamber, symphonic and vocal music as well as works incorporating digital synthesis and processing. His research includes developing methods and tools for effective auditory display of complex data. Berger's recent recording of chamber music for strings will be released this Spring by Naxos recordings on their American Masters series. Background:


Details and examples of the sonification methods used.

Satellite Images: (courtesy DLR, Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information and NASA)

20060716 g.jpg July 15 2006

2-719.jpg July 19 2006

20060723 g.jpg July 23 2006

20060801 g.jpg August 1 2006

804.jpg August 4 2006

Sonification methods:

Since the oil dissemenated in a generally northern direction, image scans were done from south to north (by flipping the image).

Woon Seung Yeo's raster scan synthesis method of image sonification ( http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~woony/works/raster )provided the core sound materials for the piece.

Raster scann synthesis is described in our DAFX paper: http://www.dafx.ca/proceedings/papers/p_309.pdf.


The satellite images were processed and denoised in order to focus on the edges of the coast and of the spill. Examples: [1] - July 19 [2] - July 23 [3] - August 1 [4] - August 8

These sounds were processed using filter settings, temporal stretching and other signal processing methods in which the parameters were all set by measurements of the spill contour in relation to the coastline.

The width of the spill at each sampled location is sonified by setting filter bandwidth (measured south to north each 25 pixels) at each sample position. Coastal shape as well as the western edges of the spill in each image. are mapped to melodic pitch.

Considerable 'artistic license' was then enjpyed.



Stereo mix-down of 8-channel piece: (beware: it's large!).

http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/jiyeh-stereo.aif

Please note this audio file is not for public presentation and may not be copied or distributed.


http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License and ASCAP