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etherSound - an interactive sound installation

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Author

  • Henrik Frisk

Summary, in English

This article describes the interactive instrument/sound installation etherSound and discusses its artistic and ethical implications. etherSound is a work in progress and the main intent is to create a vehicle for audience participation through the use of SMS (Short Message Service). The two different contexts in which etherSound has been tried (in concert with performers and as a sound installation without performers) is discussed as well as the design of the system and the mapping between text and sound. A notion of 'democracy of participation' is introduced. The relatively fast response of the system, the familiarity of the interface (the cellular phone) and the accessibillity of the system suggests that the cellular phone can be successfully integrated in a sonic art work.

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

42-45

Publication/Series

Third annual Spark festival of electronic music and art

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

School of Music, University of Minnesota

Topic

  • Music

Keywords

  • ethersound interactive sound installation short message service

Status

Published