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My LookingOutwards post this week is on Softlab’s ‘Volume’ which is an interactive cube of responsive mirrors where light and sound are redirected to reflect the excitement risen from the festival goers. The small changes in the volume of the transparent material let light and sound to move through the space.
I admire that the artist used computational sound to make another form of art. This is especially admirable to me because I thought of sound or music only being used through the use of hearing, but it can also utilize the sight or visuals.
Although I don’t know the exact algorithms used in this specific art piece, I do know that the artist somehow used the sounds generated from the crowd around the art piece, and reflected it.
The artist’s creative sensibilities are manifest through the use of visuals and beautiful lights, when the original main focus was on the sounds.