[microsound] Tactical sound garden

[Rod Stasick <rod@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Worth watching the video...

http://www.tacticalsoundgarden.net/#


Given the ubiquity of mobile devices and wireless networks, and their  
proliferation throughout increasingly diverse and sometimes  
unexpected urban sites, what opportunities - and dilemmas - emerge  
for the design of public space in contemporary cities?

The Tactical Sound Garden [TSG] Toolkit is an open source software  
platform for cultivating public "sound gardens" within contemporary  
cities. It draws on the culture of urban community gardening to posit  
a participatory environment where new spatial practices for social  
interaction within technologically mediated environments can be  
explored and evaluated. Addressing the impact of mobile audio devices  
like the iPod, the project examines gradations of privacy and  
publicity within contemporary public space.

The Toolkit enables anyone living within dense 802.11 wireless (WiFi)  
"hot zones" to install a "sound garden" for public use. Using a WiFi  
enabled mobile device (PDA, laptop, mobile phone), participants  
"plant" sounds within a positional audio environment. These plantings  
are mapped onto the coordinates of a physical location by a 3D audio  
engine common to gaming environments - overlaying a publicly  
constructed soundscape onto a specific urban space. Wearing  
headphones connected to a WiFi enabled device, participants drift  
though virtual sound gardens as they move throughout the city.




Rod

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