The Digital Art Weeks of the ETH Zurich in collaboration with the
Stereolith Company sent out a call to sound artists for two channel
soundscape works. The works chosen from those submitted were selected
on their ability to "evoke" the presence of things or beings in space
to the extent in which the each work "immerses" the listener into a
completely imaginary sonic environment. The effect of evocation and
immersion found in the works are enhanced by the Stereolith
Loudspeaker System at playback. Unlike traditional loudspeaker
configurations, this incorporates both the "left" and the "right"
channels into a single construction. In this way, the system can be
installed at any point within the listening space, allowing the
listener to experience each work from any point within the space as
if it was a live event.
All of the selected works will be presented during the Digital Art
Weeks 2006 from the 13th to the 15th of July 2006 in the VisDome of
the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The contents of the program falls into
three distinct categories, all of which focus on immersing the
listener into a completely imaginary sonic environment. The first
category "Real Worlds" can be linked back to sounds known to us from
the world around us. However, these sounds are extended at times by
including sounds created by electronic means. The artificially
generated sounds blend into to the natural sounds in a variety of
unique ways, thus provided the listener with an enhanced variant of
the known sound world. The second category "Virtual Worlds", in
contrast to the first one, uses only artificially generated sounds in
order to create an immersive environment that evokes a natural one.
The works falling under the third category, "Other Worlds" include
attributions found in the first two categories, but most often in
juxtaposition.
All of the selected soundscape works can be heard at the following
URL below. Information about the artists and their works is also
available.
www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch
We would like to thank all of the artists who submitted works, the
ETH Zurich for the technical support, the Stereolith Speaker Company
for the generous donation of loudspeakers, and the organizers of the
DAW06 for making this event possible.
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