Basic concepts on sound sculptures design in soundscapes

Abstract

The primitive development of visual sculptures was born for the rite and evolved toward the artistic object, that in parallel with the development of music and musical instruments. Currently with a broad sense conceptualization of the art object, the sculpture has evolved from an aesthetic object towards the concept of installation, a multisensory interactive act, within which the sound sculpture, or installation, has taken predominance. In this paper some of the basic (mental) conceptual schemes to be considered in the design of the acoustic dimension of sound sculptures will be presented, e.g., the sculpture as a sound source and its acoustic field; its location and their primary and secondary effects; acoustic or audio; the to think-design-build process in that order, among others. Some examples of the various types of objects that can be considered sound sculptures will be shown and the importance of the sound sculptures in the design of soundscapes will be discussed.