Sound
The experiments through light and sound for experiences based on the concept of self-presence
October 3, 2019 | Jung LimIntroduction
Subjective experiences in everyday phenomena are new encounters of space, objects, and memories in the real world. Therefore, seeing something entails an internal perception in terms of a phenomenal dimension. Images have the possibility of various transformations through conceptual … Read More
Sound Insects – work in progress show
July 1, 2018 | Marguerite TricaudSOUND INSECTS
Sound Insects is a self organising sound system composed of multiple identical and completely independent modules interacting with each other through sound and trying to create ordered musical patterns.
INSPIRATION
Sound Insects is a research tool to … Read More
The architecture of the ear and the design of soundscapes.
February 15, 2016 | Haavard TveitoTitle Image: Alvin Lucier – I am sitting in a room.
This literature review will be looking at Murray R. Schafer`s concept of soundscapes in relation to softness in architecture. I will, in relation to the text “Sound and … Read More
Hear Here — an acoustic theatre – Ric Lipson
December 28, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnSound is an integral part of the way we understand the space surrounding us. Size, quality, timbre, texture and the atmosphere of a space can all be inferred by the way in which we experience sound. Based on ideas … Read More
Panopticons – Singing-Ringing Tree
August 6, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 3 CommentsAt Crown Point high above Burnley town UK the ‘Singing-Ringing Tree’ — a unique musical sculpture in the form of a tree appears to bend against the endless winds that pass over the hills. Designed by award-winning architects Tonkin-Liu. … Read More
Declan Shaw – Waiting and the Reconstruction of Imagination
July 3, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsDeclan Shaw’s of Interactive Installation, Bird Soundscapes incorporate a dynamic three dimensional acoustic environment of birdsong which perform accelerated diurnal cycles. Individual ‘birds’ occupy positions in space, which move about in birdlike patterns and also reacting to the movement … Read More
Choe U Ram – Anima Machines
April 11, 2009 | Ruairi GlynnKorean artist, Choe U Ram, creates massive, precision engineered sculptures with an eerie organic feel. He uses cut and polished metals, machinery and electronics to create kinetic sculptures inspired by sea creatures and plant life.
Exploring the … Read More
Joe Gilbertson and Art+Com
April 8, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsAbout once every couple of months one of my students sends me a video of ART+COM‘s mechatronic installation, made up of 714 metal balls for the BMW museum. ART+COM describe it as “a spatial translation of a design process. … Read More
Richard Roberts – Hearing A Reality
March 25, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn- Exploded Axonometric of his most recent electro-acoustic system
Architect Richard Roberts electro-acoustic systems have been developed to explore the sonic properties of environments, and reveal the way in which sound and space co-habit one another. The system uses … Read More
Roots – Roman Kirschner
October 22, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 3 CommentsMy recent work has been influenced a great deal by the work of Cybernetican Gordon Pask (1928-1996) from his interactive installations to his work with Architects Cedric Price, John Fazer and Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte. Its always interesting … Read More
Eric Schuldenfrei – Reciprocity
February 25, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn“In the world of surveillance, the architecture of systems has effectively replaced architecture.” Eric Schuldenfrei
I was introduced to the work of Eric Schuldenfrei recently by Eyebeam Resident Jennifer Broutin. Schuldenfrei’s work focuses on the … Read More
SplineGraft – Krets
February 21, 2007 | Ruairi GlynnThe SplineGraft project sets up a reactive environment in which sound dampening panels are continuously reshaped by a network of actuating devices, triggered by user movement. The panels are grafted into an existing environment, supported by structural racks allowing … Read More
NoRA
January 8, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 Comments
The NoRA structure designed by students of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University, was presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale as an interactive architecture exploring how advanced architectural computing and … Read More
The Light Bead Curtain – Ami Wolf and Jin-Yo Mok
November 1, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 CommentsThe Light Bead Curtain is an interactive musical installation that can be freely played by person’s touch. The installation takes the familiar form of a beaded curtain that consists of strings of simple clear beads. Each bead, on a … Read More
The Laser harp – Jen Lewin
October 23, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentThe Laser harp by Jen Lewin, Blue Ink Studio is playing with the relationship between the physical and the digital, the virtual and the real. The "Laser Harps" is an immersive instrument and installation using movement and laser light … Read More
Douglas Irving Repetto
October 20, 2006 | Ruairi GlynnDouglas Irving Repetto is an artist and teacher. His work, including sculpture, installation, performance, recordings, and software is presented internationally. He is the founder of a number of art/community-oriented groups including dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity, ArtBots: … Read More
Hello World – Yunchul Kim
September 22, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentHello world is an installation by Yunchul Kim that contains a codified audio signal that circulates in a closed (feedback) system, consisting of a computer, a speaker, 246 meters of copper tube and a microphone. By using the … Read More
Music for Bodies – Sonic Bed
September 20, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsMusic for Bodies is a research project linking the sonic mapping of human bodies to architecture, through a practical study of bioresonance and interface building. Its aim is to discover new methods of experimental music making, as well as make … Read More