Array, the journal of the International Computer Music Association
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How well do Humans Capture the Sounds of Speech in Writing?
Get PDFA large body of research on connections between sensory modalities has shown that deep connections exist between sound and vision, such that people have a tendency to associate certain sounds with certain visual properties, including line-drawn shapes. While recognising the role of written language in audio-visual associations, previous research has largely considered written language a potential source of bias rather than a means of gaining deeper in sights into underlying audio-visual associations. We looked to ancient and unfamiliar writing systems spanning recorded human history, to explore whether humans have tried to encode certain characteristics of speech sounds in the letters they created to represent them. Our findings have revealed that modern humans can correctly identify unfamiliar letters at levels higher than would be obtained by chance, and that scripts which encode a particular sound with a particular set of visual characteristics tend to have more correct guesses. This suggests that humans share certain correspondences between sound and sight, which transcend both geographical space and historical time. The present multisensory demonstration aims to provide an interactive experience of the powerful connection between sounds and written letters through a series of activities integrating vision, audition, touch and imagination
Spandex Shoji Synthesizer Transforming Elastic Interaction into Images and Sounds
Get PDFWe developed an interactive artwork generating images and sounds using the traditional Japanese interior fixture known as Shoji. We used spandex fiber, which is a polyurethane fiber having remarkable elasticity, as a Shoji screen. When we push and expand the elastic fiber using our hand, it generates images and sounds according to the degree of its expansion and contraction. The images are projected onto the area of the Shoji as a screen touched by a performer. We can enjoy the interaction of the elastic feeling synchronized with the images and sounds by touching the Shoji screen
Resonating Spaces
Get PDFResonating Spaces is a collaborative research project titled “reconstructing the familiar”. This research addresses the sonic, kinetic and visual resonances of specific locations. Through the creation of new perspectives we make the familiar unfamiliar and in so doing bring a sharper focus on our familiar surroundings of place, time and atmosphere
Concert Reviews
Get PDFNYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit, Eric LyonICMC 2016, Lauren Hayes & Jonathan Higgin
CD Reviews
Get PDFNathan Wolek: Erdem Helvacioglu’s Altered RealitiesJonathan Seiden: RedASLA: Red de Arte Sonoro LatinoamericanoKrystal Grant: Tanja Orning and Natasha Barrett’s Dr. OXNathan Wolek: Bob Gluck’s Electric BrewJulio d’Escriván: Robert Normandeau’s Puzzle
Book Reviews
Get PDFValérie Vivancos: Simon Emmerson’s Living Electronic MusicMichael Barnhart: Nick Collins and Julio d’Escrivan, eds., The Cambridge Companion toElectronic Musi