Sacrifice Container

Mio Matsui, and Shinya Fujii

Installation Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2023
• Location: Mexico City, Mexico
• Article Number: 1199
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11194810 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

This work is a sound installation using dome architecture and a large woofer 80 cm in diameter. The "sacrifice" is made by having one person lie on top of the woofer and surrounding it for viewing. The audience is enveloped in the story by viewing a lone person lying on top of a large speaker, as if offering a sacrifice in a ritualistic way, thereby drawing the audience members into the narrative. In addition, the very large bass, consisting of woofers, gives a sense of presence and eeriness. The sound flowing from here is based on the traditional folk tales of "Bon-Bon Shark" that remains in the Japanese town of Manazuru and composed as a Soundscape composition. The story is about a couple sharks who are killed by a bell dropped from a boat by a sailor, and sacrifices are made to these sharks.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @article{nime23-installations-1199,
 abstract = {This work is a sound installation using dome architecture and a large woofer 80 cm in diameter. The "sacrifice" is made by having one person lie on top of the woofer and surrounding it for viewing. The audience is enveloped in the story by viewing a lone person lying on top of a large speaker, as if offering a sacrifice in a ritualistic way, thereby drawing the audience members into the narrative. In addition, the very large bass, consisting of woofers, gives a sense of presence and eeriness. The sound flowing from here is based on the traditional folk tales of "Bon-Bon Shark" that remains in the Japanese town of Manazuru and composed as a Soundscape composition. The story is about a couple sharks who are killed by a bell dropped from a boat by a sailor, and sacrifices are made to these sharks.},
 address = {Mexico City, Mexico},
 articleno = {1199},
 author = {Mio Matsui and Shinya Fujii},
 booktitle = {Installation Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.11194810},
 editor = {Salvador Chavez and Tito Rivas},
 month = {May},
 title = {Sacrifice Container},
 url = {https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2023/nime2023_installations_1199.pdf},
 year = {2023}
}