We depart from J.G Ballads story, The Sound Sweep, where the author writes “The ‘place’ of strange echoes and festering silences, overhung with a gloomy miasma of a million compacted sounds, it remained remote and haunted, the graveyard of countless private babels”.
As the brief mentions, “It is in the hushed soundscape, in the inaudible where a place manifests.”. We extended from this by delving into the concept of how the sounds of a liminal non-place can be altered, morphed and warped by its physical counterpart.
The project was said to utilise remote sensing and design informatics to enhance perception and broaden auditory experiences, resulting in the creation of detailed spatial datasets of local, site-specific environments throughout Edinburgh, Scotland. These datasets uncover and stimulate the spatial, temporal, and cultural characteristics of each location.
We challenged the brief on these aspects by taking the data sets and creating an interactive element that gives the user the power to create their own unique interpretation of the place. whist simultaneously conducting their own symphony of temporal sound.
Through theoretical research, we explore what it means to quantify the concepts of Immersion and Presence. Undertaking a more detailed examination of Place and Non-Place, in addition to exploring possibilities of a digital exhibition.
