Tuning into the audible: an arts-based investigation into human connections with acoustic environments
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2023
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Milinusic, Christina M.
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Fine Arts
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Tuning into the Audible is an arts-based research project probing human connections to the physicality and phenomena of sound-in-space. Sound shapes our spatial reality. To confirm that sound shapes the human sensory and perceptual experience of space, analog and digital technologies, including custom built listening devices, spatial field recordings, and unconventional mixing practices are used. The theremin, a space- controlled instrument, facilitates physical engagement with sound-in-space, expressing sound as an aggregate, synaesthetic experience; musical, experiential, visual, and gestural. Performances on theremin, sound visualizations using a Chladni plate, and creative electroacoustic sound production devices are used to interact with and draw analogs to specific acoustic environments under investigation. Recordings of acoustic energy in soundscapes, investigations into hearing mechanisms across species, and assessments of the psychoacoustical impacts of listening, inform the inquiry. The primary methodology of this project is the creation of aural adventures through geological, biological, and anthropological soundscapes. These adventures, in the form of electroacoustic compositions, seek to connect and calibrate a listener’s deeper awareness of human spaces and draw attention to the often-ignored sonic environments of its inhabitants. The ultimate purpose of this research is to expand an understanding of human connection to acoustic ecology, bring awareness to how diverse species hear the world, and tune into our anthropocentric impressions of sound-in-space.
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Sound-in-space , Acoustic environments , Sound environments (Art) , Acoustic ecology , Acoustics , Soundscapes