Aura - the stuff that forms around you
wednesday
Submitted by Steve Symons on Wed, 2006-05-24 16:25.final day to move things as far as possible.
so added a way of changing cursor and more layers of sound.
Following discussion with Colm 2 things emerge
1 if there is a line from random sounds to stepping through a fixed structure i need to find a balance where there there is change and interest, yet also need to give sense that sounds are made from an intent. there must be the sense of a shared and consistant design, however I could balance that with something more playful.
2 sounds will remain abstract and will avoid overly relations to music (now that's a whole debate in its self) and one for another time.
tuesday evening workshop
Submitted by Steve Symons on Wed, 2006-05-24 10:10.wow. a great turn out for this! Thank you everyone who came.
Very very useful, loads of discussion about the overall concept and the system, little on the sounds used, how polite of everyone!

One very clear point is the rethurn to the gallery.
SO
1 audience enetrs gallery, sees the map/history of previous users' actions, hear sound .... but also need to start the learnign process of what and how the system works. i want this initial contact to act as the stimulus for taking a backpack out and claiming a piece of ground for themselves.
tuesday
Submitted by Steve Symons on Wed, 2006-05-24 10:01.ooo feeling old today.
experimented with reacTable software (http://www.iua.upf.edu/mtg/reacTable/?software). had to use early version as latter ones have Universal Binary support and I am not on mactel yet. could work well, but I would need to set up a proper table. this is a problem with simulations - the simulation becomes more than the work itself..... not always a problem.
started adding more layers of sound - so there is a base layer of pink and filtered pink noise, then added a formant ugen. changes nicely - so signals when you move over someones path very well. but the range
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ABOUT THIS JOURNAL
This journal documents two workshops hosted by E:vent. Artist Steve Symons invited participants to give feedback on his work and talk about their own experiences of making sonic or locative media art work. This is followed by a discussion session. Symons is open to different possibilities for presenting new content on the aura system and the workshop will provide a platform for exploring ideas together.
CONTRIBUTORS
Steve Symons
[in association with SCAN]








