Visual Sound
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New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Visual SoundPreliminary Concept Document
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Table of Contents• Introduction• Goals• Challenges• Work Plan• Design Solution• Walkthrough• Conclusion
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
IntroductionVisual Sound is an interactive sculpture that creates visual music.
Music has strong influence in art and human behavior. It produces specific emotional states that all people share.It allows us to communicate our most intimate emotions in unique
ways.
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
GoalsMy goal is to understand intuitive reactions to sound, by diving into some of the areas such as
Synesthesia Algorithmic music Emotions triggered by sound One’s act or response results of an artistic expression
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Challenges
• Compositions for different emotional states
• Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) technique – study group
• Members of the study group - synesthesia, artist, musician, scientist• Similarity/Differences – GSR graphs• Visual language - color/shape survey - study group• Map visual language to graph• Interactive sculpture that reflects above experiments and creates visual
sound by moving each parts up and down on y axes
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Work Plan
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Design Solution
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Design Solution
Happiness
Sadness
Excitement
Frustration
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Walkthrough
New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk
Conclusion• Sound, color, and shapes are related • They create different emotional states• Emotional states are responses to stimuli triggered by brain• They form who we are, how we behave, and react