Sonification (what, where, how, why): from the 4th to the 5th of March 2010

The purpose of this symposium is to conduct a state of the art review of the use sonification within art projects, with a focus on the use of data taken from our surroundings (in a broad sense) as opposed to gestural interfaces or electronic instruments.

a) What distinguishes sonification from other forms of data mediation ?

b) What are the different ways in which sonification is used in art ?

c) What parallels, similarities, differences & contradictions exist between the use of sonification or audio display for technical & for artistic purposes ?

d) What differences in the artistic approach does the use of realtime as opposed to recorded data imply ?

e) What is the importance of the relationship between the source of data and the way in which it is mediated ?

LOCUS SONUS audio in art
École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix en Provence
MMSH – Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme