Ruled surface · string glissandi

Ruledline

Xenakis’ Philips Pavilion as an instrument: bow the two director curves and the fan of straight generator lines twists in real time. A playhead sweeps across them, and each line you cross sings as a string glissando — the slope you see is the glide you hear.

Drag a glowing handle to sculpt the surface · drag empty space to scrub the playhead

The dream lab — Karel Barnoski