This was an exercise in getting a physical, non-tech object (mug) to communicate with high-tech electronics. I used a scanner, ASCII generator, and online text-to-music generator to interpret the mug in their native languages.
I’m thinking of using the ASCII or MIDI data to influence a visual re-interpretation of the mug as the final output.
This is my vintage mug:
I scanned it…
…converted it to ASCII…
…had my computer read the letters…
…and used the letters to generate tones in a Music Text Composition Generator.
Download the MIDI file to listen.