Kima

The Wheel –Voice Turned into Vision: A Participatory, Immersive Visual Soundscape Installation

Bibliographic Data

ID10273337
AuthorsOliver Gingrich (0000-0002-1656-0032, Bournemouth University, corresponding author), Evgenia Emets (Evgenia Emets (artist). Website: .), Alain Renaud (0000-0001-8776-4684, Alain Renaud (researcher), Centre for Digital Entertainment. Website: .), Sean Soraghan (Sean Soraghan (sound developer). Website: .), Dario Villanueva Ablanedo (Dario Villanueva Ablanedo (visual programmer). Website: .)
Year2020
Volume53
Issue5
Pages479-484
Publication date2020-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/leon_a_01698
OpenAlexW2890230916
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

Over the last five years, KIMA, an art and research project on sound and vision, has investigated visual properties of sound. Previous iterations of KIMA focused on digital representations of cymatics—physical sound patterns—as media for performance. The most recent development incorporated neural networks and machine learning strategies to explore visual expressions of sound in participatory music creation. The project, displayed on a 360-degree canvas at the London Roundhouse, prompted the audience to explore their own voice as intelligent, real-time visual representation. Machine learning algorithms played a key role in meaningful interpretation of sound as visual form. The resulting immersive performance turned the audience into cocreators of the piece

Acoustics · Art · Audio visual · Citizen journalism · Human–computer interaction · Interpretation (philosophy) · Multimedia · Perception · Representation (politics) · Sonification · Sound (geography) · Sound art · Soundscape · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Psychology

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