The Argus Project : Underwater Soundscape Composition with Laser- Controlled Modulation

Jonathon Kirk, and Lee Weisert

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

In this paper we describe and analyze The Argus Project, a sound installation involving the real-time processing and spatialized projection of sound sources from beneath a pond’s surface. The primary aim of The Argus Project is to project the natural sound sources from below the pond’s surface while tracking the changes in the environmental factors above the surface so as to map this data onto the real-time audio processing. The project takes as its conceptual model that of a feedback network, or, a process in which the factors that produce a result are themselves modified and reinforced by that result. Examples are given of the compositional process, the execution, and processing techniques.

Citation:

Jonathon Kirk, and Lee Weisert. 2009. The Argus Project : Underwater Soundscape Composition with Laser- Controlled Modulation. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177605

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Kirk2009,
 abstract = {In this paper we describe and analyze The Argus Project, a sound installation involving the real-time processing and spatialized projection of sound sources from beneath a pond’s surface. The primary aim of The Argus Project is to project the natural sound sources from below the pond’s surface while tracking the changes in the environmental factors above the surface so as to map this data onto the real-time audio processing. The project takes as its conceptual model that of a feedback network, or, a process in which the factors that produce a result are themselves modified and reinforced by that result. Examples are given of the compositional process, the execution, and processing techniques.},
 address = {Pittsburgh, PA, United States},
 author = {Kirk, Jonathon and Weisert, Lee},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177605},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {nime09},
 pages = {290--292},
 title = {The Argus Project : Underwater Soundscape Composition with Laser- Controlled Modulation},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2009/nime2009_290.pdf},
 year = {2009}
}