Abstract
Advancements in embedded computer platforms have allowed data to be collected and shared between objects—or smart devices—in a network. While this has resulted in highly functional outcomes in fields such as automation and monitoring, there are also implications for artistic and expressive systems. In this paper we present a pluralistic approach to incorporating environmental factors within the field of site-responsive sonic art using embedded audio and data processing techniques. In particular, we focus on the role of such systems within an ecosystemic framework, both in terms of incorporating systems of living organisms, as well as sonic interaction design. We describe the implementation of such a system within a large-scale site-responsive sonic art installation that took place in the subtropical desert climate of Arizona in 2017.
Highlights
In this paper we discuss an approach to incorporating both acoustic and environmental factors within a large-scale multichannel sound installation
We describe the implementation of such a system within a large-scale site-responsive sonic art installation that took place in the subtropical desert climate of Arizona in 2017
Over the last few decades there has been a growing body of work being undertaken within the areas of soundscape composition [3], environmental sound art [4,5], and acoustic ecology [6,7]
Summary
In this paper we discuss an approach to incorporating both acoustic and environmental factors within a large-scale multichannel sound installation. Common to the collection of practices that has been developed is the theme that sound is produced in response to certain perceived or measured attributes of a particular site These features may be acoustic, environmental, historic, and, perhaps, even imagined. Over the last few decades there has been a growing body of work being undertaken within the areas of soundscape composition [3], environmental sound art [4,5], and acoustic ecology [6,7] The latter of these associated areas of research is an interdisciplinary field that “studies the social, cultural, and ecological aspects of our environment through sound” [8]. Sound is always situated socially, culturally, and perceived within a particular space
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