Unfoldings: Multiple Explorations of Sound and Space

Tim Shaw, Simon Bowen, and John Bowers

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper describes a long term, collaborative project Sound Spaces. Within this project we creatively investigated various environments and built a collection of artworks in response to material gathered through a number of practical field visits. Our responses were presented in numerous, idiosyncratic ways and took shape through a number of concerted making activities. The work was conducted both in and with the public, allowing participants to inform the creative decisions made throughout the project as well as experiencing the building of the artworks. Within this essay we report on our process, presentation and offer alternative methods for collecting material and presenting representations of space. We describe the many responses made during our time and related these to research concerns relevant to the NIME community. We conclude with our findings and, through the production of an annotated portfolio, offer our main emerging themes as points of discussion.

Citation:

Tim Shaw, Simon Bowen, and John Bowers. 2016. Unfoldings: Multiple Explorations of Sound and Space. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176122

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Shaw2016,
 abstract = {This paper describes a long term, collaborative project Sound
Spaces. Within this project we creatively investigated various environments and
built a collection of artworks in response to material gathered through a number
of practical field visits. Our responses were presented in numerous,
idiosyncratic ways and took shape through a number of concerted making
activities. The work was conducted both in and with the public, allowing
participants to inform the creative decisions made throughout the project as well
as experiencing the building of the artworks. Within this essay we report on our
process, presentation and offer alternative methods for collecting material and
presenting representations of space. We describe the many responses made during
our time and related these to research concerns relevant to the NIME community.
We conclude with our findings and, through the production of an annotated
portfolio, offer our main emerging themes as points of discussion. },
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Tim Shaw and Simon Bowen and John Bowers},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176122},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {152--157},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Unfoldings: Multiple Explorations of Sound and Space},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0031.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}