Fields: An Exploration into the use of Mobile Devices as a Medium for Sound Diffusion

Tim Shaw, Sébastien Piquemal, and John Bowers

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

In this paper we present Fields, a sound diffusion performance implemented with web technologies that run on the mobile devices of audience members. Both a technical system and bespoke composition, Fields allows for a range of sonic diffusions to occur, and therefore has the potential to open up new paradigms for spatialised music and media performances. The project introduces how handheld technology used as a collective array of speakers controlled live by a centralized performer can create alternative types of participation within musical performance. Fields not only offers a new technological approach to sound diffusion, it also provides an alternative way for audiences to participate in live events, and opens up unique forms of engagement within sonic media contexts.

Citation:

Tim Shaw, Sébastien Piquemal, and John Bowers. 2015. Fields: An Exploration into the use of Mobile Devices as a Medium for Sound Diffusion. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179174

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{tshaw2015,
 abstract = {In this paper we present Fields, a sound diffusion performance implemented with web technologies that run on the mobile devices of audience members. Both a technical system and bespoke composition, Fields allows for a range of sonic diffusions to occur, and therefore has the potential to open up new paradigms for spatialised music and media performances. The project introduces how handheld technology used as a collective array of speakers controlled live by a centralized performer can create alternative types of participation within musical performance. Fields not only offers a new technological approach to sound diffusion, it also provides an alternative way for audiences to participate in live events, and opens up unique forms of engagement within sonic media contexts. },
 address = {Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA},
 author = {Tim Shaw and S\'ebastien Piquemal and John Bowers},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179174},
 editor = {Edgar Berdahl and Jesse Allison},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 pages = {281--284},
 publisher = {Louisiana State University},
 title = {Fields: An Exploration into the use of Mobile Devices as a Medium for Sound Diffusion},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/nime2015_196.pdf},
 year = {2015}
}