Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Its been another busy week at the Pervasive Media Studio, we've been working on several different aspects of the project. The most exciting, visible and audible part has been the first prototype 'tapping machine'.Its not just a machine that taps though, it is controlled by GPS data coming from a…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
In other experiments with sound I have learnt to make a 'contact microphone' with components from maplins, and following instructions on sound artist John Grzinich's website (thanks John!). As the name implies a contact microphone records sound by being in contact with the vibrations of the surface…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
The new direction of the project is to build machines that will tap on objects depending on the speed of someone walking in the city. Visitors to an exhibition would take a ‘mobile space metronome’ for a walk and listen to sound created by the speed of their own movement. This movement data…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
I'm away from Bristol at the moment doing a residency at ISIS arts in Newcastle, where I've come across some great locative sound works that I wanted to write about here.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Join us for an in conversation discussion between artist Jen Southern and Laura Sillars, Director of Site Gallery, Sheffield. This talk will introduce Southern's new work Polyrhythmia, a participatory audio installation developed through Sound and Music’s Embedded Residency at Pervasive Media…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Today, after several weeks working seperately on the different elements of the work, things began to come together. Its really exciting to see and hear how the work will be presented and to start testing how it feels to use the phone application, and to think of locations to install the work.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Jen's residency has now come to a close. She's written up a short report that summerises her experience of the Embedded residency, her time at Pervasive Media Studio and the work she created. You can download and read the report here.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
At the showcase event last night we presented all three tapping machines responding to live GPS data from three volunteer walkers infront of a live audience for the first time. It was great to hear the feedback from people about the sound and the experience of walking with the space metronome app.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
