Panmonism

Greek ‘pan’ – ‘all’ and ‘monos’ – ‘single’

PANMONISM represents a synthesis of art, science, and education. It was first introduced to the public in 2015 at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb during the EUROmicrofest through an event that included a multi-day program. Panmonism’ shares four major aspects. Art, science, engineering and education are introduced through concert, animation, exhibition, and a lecture. The event opened with the concert premiere of microtonal compositions for solo piano, followed by short animated film. Panmonism is very mobile project including machines and instruments prototypes such as: Lira Spectrum prototype and a prototype of the microtonal electronic keyboard "Z-board" (designed by Zoran Šćekić in 2009 in San Diego, USA, and funded by the Ministry of Economy, Labor, and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia). The exhibition included photographs and sculptures made of wood, metal, and glass. A special part of the exhibition was dedicated to drawings created by machines called harmonographs (designed by Zoran Šćekić in 2013 in Italy; funded by the City Office for Culture and donated to the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb, where it is permanently exhibited as an A-category exhibit). The machines also create drawings during the exhibition itself. The lecture and seminar introduced Zoran Šćekić's book Five Limit Intervals and the book Music and Mathematics by Z. Šikić/Z. Šćekić

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

In 19 th century, French physics discovered that if a beam of light is bounced off a mirror attached to a vibrating tuning fork, and then reflected off a second mirror attached to a perpendicularly oriented vibrating tuning fork (usually of a different pitch, creating a specific harmonic interval), results in a very regular and complex geometric figure – the curve. The scientist name is Jules Antoine Lissajous and figures are called Lissajous curves.

This discovery led to the invention of other apparatus such as pendulum harmonograph. These mechanisms from the 19th and early 20th century were very popular but limited to relatively simple forms of drawing.

CONCERT

‘Music for piano in five limit Just intonation’ is an open series of compositions aiming to explore the harmony of non tempered microtonal system based on integer harmonics, also called Just intonation. It has been released in album JUST MUSIC. All music intervals used in these compositions are built on prime numbers 2, 3 and 5, which is usually called the five limit intervals.

‘Music for piano in five limit Just intonation’ – comp. and arr. – Z. Sćekić, solo piano – Ana Žgur

ANIMATED FILM

"Introduction to Panmonism" is a short, informative and educational animated film aimed at simply presenting the connection between music and mathematics. The goal is to showcase different aspects of the same phenomenon, such as intervals, frequencies, Lissajous curves, and the lengths of musical instrument strings.

– synopsis & storyboard by Z. Sćekić, animation by Marko Ivezić, sound design by Kristijan Funarić

EXHIBITION

Exhibition consist of photography, pictures and 3D prints. Special part of exhibition introduces drawings made by machines.

Exhibition includes: "Lissajous tuning forks" and "Pendulum harmonograph" (previously mentioned), Lira Spectrum prototype, Z-board prototype, Harmonograph drawing, photos of Lissajous curves, Lissajous 3D models

credits:

piano tuning: Zlatko Pavlinić

pianists: Ana Žgur & Matija Dedić

animation: Marko Ivezić

3D models: Smarteh

project producer: Andrijana Filipović

composer, project author, animated film director: Zoran Šćekić

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