Mediated Architecture

For the first hands-on course on the Masters ArtScience program we followed the research title of Mediated Architecture. For me personally, I felt encouraged to think about the final exhibition of my work. And how the product and presentation of the work has relevance to how it is experienced... I considered factors such as environment, space, culture, functionality and especially location whilst producing my own prototype for the perfect location for an artwork. I thought about integrating the space into the work and immediately thought of the materialisation of sound... a subject I have previously investigated. Whilst presenting the prototype I gave this speech:

It is an improvisation in a interactive environment would allow me to study the immediate perception of the intrinsic qualities in the dynamic relationship between the aural and physical worlds. To use a wall of sound (white noise, filtered) and spatialisation could demonstrate the idea of sound as a malleable substance. Alters the perception of the audience into new characteristics of space- sculpting the sound like a physical object or containing it in a box. In order to demonstrate a physicalisation of sound brought about by technology. The sound sculptor uses motion as an extension of their own voice, investigating the coded trappings of space, in this way the generators corporeal powers are virtually expanded beyond those in reality where technology allows us the illusion of control. The work examines the presence of sound by placing it in an environment of a virtual sound space to be physically modified by movement as if it exists as an object. The piece intends to represent the resonances of digital technology by alienating sound from a source and presenting an installation that defies what is known about the physical presence of sound. Wands talks of the potential in Sound art with: ‘the active forging of tactile, aural and visual perception between humans, and in collaboration with technology, asks questions which can yield ways of better understanding, seeing and hearing natural order’ (Wands, 2006: 134). The potential for sound art to inhabit such conceptions of perception and moral issues of human nature with special relation to technology, has appeared to be a suitable setting for a work presenting the potential implications in our interaction and development of technologies into our daily lives. The scale should be a size that would demonstrate the concept.... - a paraphrase of a quote by Olaffur Eliasson: "you can only make a space by a transformative act"

An interesting comment from tutor Franz was introducing vibration to the installation... This sparked off a few new ideas about my own research project.