==== syncoptic ==== a growing((The concept of growing includes the concept of virtual. "Virtual worlds will be instruments of self-knowledge and self-definition for humanity [...] They are home to the `angelic bodies' (or virtual images) of the members of collective intellects." Pierre Levy)) luminous architecture - a virtual zero space ((The notion of a zero space comes from the concept of zero, which is very old indeed.)) to be actuated by the passengers/players and not existing without them - a concavity that cultivates a desire to attach - the possibility to offer hospitality ((Hospitality is something we can offer more of. Some important works on this concept has been developed by Jacques Derrida. )) in a world made entirely of convex surfaces ((Cezanne wrote of the world around us overwhelmed by convex surfaces, spherical objects. Such a world as this, one which nevers welcome us, the modern world.)), of spherical things which deflect, disperse and impede our interest and our intensity. ==== keywords ==== [[Light Architecture]] / [[Inflatable Structures]] / [[Play and Games]] ==== concepts ==== * Syncope / Syncopation * Optical Phenomena * [[Urban Gaps]] * [[Constellations]] * [[Point Line]]/[[Light Line]] * [[Social Sculpture]] === Syncope / Syncopation === Syn"co*pe (?), n. [L. syncope, syncopa, Gr. a cutting up, a syncope; akin to to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; with + to strike, cut.] * In music, the displacement of regular accents associated with given metrical patterns, resulting in a disruption of the listener's expectations and the arousal of a desire for the reestablishment of metric normality; hence the characteristic "forward drive" of highly syncopated music. Syncopation may be effected by accenting normally weak beats in a measure, by resting on a normal accented beat, or by tying over a note to the next measure. * The pattern is typical of much folk-dance music, especially in eastern Europe, and its use in the Western written tradition may be traced to the 14th century. It is a characteristic element of jazz and figures prominently in the music of Igor Stravinsky and other 20th-century composers. * The position of notes in a bar show their relative rhythmic strengths. However, occasionally, the rhythmic pattern wanted does not fit the rhythmic pattern shown by the barring. One says that the rhythm is 'off the beat' or syncopated. Examples of this are common in popular music including jazz, but it does occur in music of all ages. We have given a good example of syncopation below. Note, in particular, the theme played by pianist's right hand (the upper line of the piano part). The theme is 'off the beat' for much of the time, i.e. it is syncopated. The 'effect' is notated using ties. A crucial feature of syncopation is that there should be a strong sense of the beat 'off which' the theme is being played. This is provided by the percussion and bass guitar lines. --"Syncopation." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2003.  * There is a second type of syncopation, where the strong beat is replaced by a silence. http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory20.htm * In medicine, the temporary loss of consciousness due to a sudden decline in blood flow to the brain. It may be caused by an irregular cardiac rate or rhythm (the heart doesn't pump a normal supply of oxygen to the brain) or by changes of blood volume or distribution(hypotension). http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/artic/ninds_syncope_information_page_ninds.htm * Despite intensive investigation syncopal attacks often remain unexplained. * This EKG was recorded after a syncopal episode. http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/heart/ecg971017-1.html ==== Project Sub Pages ==== * [[Project Syncoptic Related Material]] * [[Project Syncoptic Constellations]] * [[Project Syncoptic Sound Space]] * [[Project Syncoptic InterStellar Contact]] * [[Project Syncoptic Architecture]] * [[Project Syncoptic Technology]] * [[Project Syncoptic Status]] * [[Project Syncoptic Log]] * [[Project Syncoptic Credits]] ==== Related Libarynth Pages ==== * [[Brussels Illumination Map]] * [[Light Architecture]] * [[Light World Story]] * [[Inflatable Structures]] * [[Play And Games]] ---- (a concluded [[foam project]])