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Title: The Auditory Dimension


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The Auditory Dimension
horizon of invisibility
horizon of silence
x y y x x
y z z y
x mute objects ymoving objects
zinvisible sounds
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The Auditory Dimension
visual
auditory
y y
z z
x x
x mute objects ymoving objects
zinvisible sounds
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The Auditory Dimension
  • The making or translating of the invisible into
    the visible is a standard route for understanding
    a physics of sound.
  • Amplification reveals the sound that emanates
    from the previously silent.
  • If we heard all the sounds that emanate from
    what seems to be mute objects, we would hear
    constant noise.

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The Post-Industrial Soundscape from R. Murray
Schafer, The Tuning of the World
The Natural Soundscape The Rural Soundscape The
Industrial Revolution The Electrical Revolution
Sacred Noise Loudness as a manifestation of
God, from the sounds of nature (thunder, wind) to
the sounds of the church (bells, organ).
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The Industrial Revolution from R. Murray Schafer,
The Tuning of the World
  • The transformation of Sacred Noise to Industrial
    Noise Wherever Noise is granted immunity from
    human intervention, there will be found a seat of
    power.
  • The concept of Sound Imperialism
  • Lo-fi soundscape Little perspective
    Continuous (flat line) Drone
  • The internal combustion engine as the fundamental
    sound of contemporary civilization.
  • Technological noise as the target for protest and
    regulation.

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The Electrical Revolution from R. Murray Schafer,
The Tuning of the World
  • The discovery of packaging and storing
    techniques for sounds.
  • The separation of sounds from their original
    sources Schizophonia
  • Three mechanisms Telephone, Phonograph, Radio
  • Sound walls Muzak
  • The tuning of the world to 50/60Hz, the frequency
    of electrical transmission.

We need to add to this list, the digitization of
sound, removing sound from its natural wave form.
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What the Brain Sees
  • Color
  • Form
  • Depth
  • Movement

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Describing Color
  • Objective Method The result of specific
    wavelength
  • Comparative Method Variations Chroma, Value
    (tinting/shading), Lightness/ Brightness
  • Subjective Mental association with the
    color emotions

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What the Brain Sees
  • Color
  • Form
  • Depth
  • Movement

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Form defines the outside edges and internal
parts of an object
  • Dots Simplest form dots can form images
    as in pointillism and half-tone reproduction
  • Lines Outward expression of linear
    thinking Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal,
    Curved, etc.
  • Shapes Parallelograms, Circles, and
    Triangles

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What the Brain Sees
  • Color
  • Form
  • Depth
  • Movement

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Depth Eight Cues
  • Space ...the frame in which an image is
    located.
  • Size Compared to the actual size or a known
    referent
  • Color Warm v. cool colors
  • Lighting Intensity and/or the prevalence of
    shadows
  • Textural Gradients Ripple effect
  • Interposition Placement of objects in front of
    each other to create the illusion of depth
  • Time Establishes foreground from background
  • Perspective Illusionary, geometrical,
    conceptual (multiview, social)

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What the Brain Sees
  • Color
  • Form
  • Depth
  • Movement

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Movement
  • Real movement Not applicable to mediated images
  • Apparent movement When a stationary object
    appears to move, as in film and video
  • Graphic movement The motion of the eyes as they
    scan a graphic arrangement
  • Implied movement Motion perceived from a static
    image, as in visual vibration
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