The Auditory Dimension

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The Auditory Dimension
horizon of invisibility
horizon of silence
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The Auditory Dimension
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The Auditory Dimension

• The making or translating of the invisible into
  the visible is a standard route for understanding
  a physics of sound.
• Amplification reveals the sound that emanates
  from the previously silent.
• If we heard all the sounds that emanate from
  what seems to be mute objects, we would hear
  constant noise.

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The Post-Industrial Soundscape from R. Murray
Schafer, The Tuning of the World
The Natural Soundscape The Rural Soundscape The
Industrial Revolution The Electrical Revolution
Sacred Noise Loudness as a manifestation of
God, from the sounds of nature (thunder, wind) to
the sounds of the church (bells, organ).
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The Industrial Revolution from R. Murray Schafer,
The Tuning of the World

• The transformation of Sacred Noise to Industrial
  Noise Wherever Noise is granted immunity from
  human intervention, there will be found a seat of
  power.
• The concept of Sound Imperialism
• Lo-fi soundscape Little perspective
  Continuous (flat line) Drone
• The internal combustion engine as the fundamental
  sound of contemporary civilization.
• Technological noise as the target for protest and
  regulation.

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The Electrical Revolution from R. Murray Schafer,
The Tuning of the World

• The discovery of packaging and storing
  techniques for sounds.
• The separation of sounds from their original
  sources Schizophonia
• Three mechanisms Telephone, Phonograph, Radio
• Sound walls Muzak
• The tuning of the world to 50/60Hz, the frequency
  of electrical transmission.

We need to add to this list, the digitization of
sound, removing sound from its natural wave form.
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What the Brain Sees

• Color
• Form
• Depth
• Movement

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Describing Color

• Objective Method The result of specific
  wavelength
• Comparative Method Variations Chroma, Value
  (tinting/shading), Lightness/ Brightness
• Subjective Mental association with the
  color emotions

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What the Brain Sees

• Color
• Form
• Depth
• Movement

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Form defines the outside edges and internal
parts of an object

• Dots Simplest form dots can form images
  as in pointillism and half-tone reproduction
• Lines Outward expression of linear
  thinking Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal,
  Curved, etc.
• Shapes Parallelograms, Circles, and
  Triangles

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What the Brain Sees

• Color
• Form
• Depth
• Movement

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Depth Eight Cues

• Space ...the frame in which an image is
  located.
• Size Compared to the actual size or a known
  referent
• Color Warm v. cool colors
• Lighting Intensity and/or the prevalence of
  shadows
• Textural Gradients Ripple effect
• Interposition Placement of objects in front of
  each other to create the illusion of depth
• Time Establishes foreground from background
• Perspective Illusionary, geometrical,
  conceptual (multiview, social)

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What the Brain Sees

• Color
• Form
• Depth
• Movement

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Movement

• Real movement Not applicable to mediated images
• Apparent movement When a stationary object
  appears to move, as in film and video
• Graphic movement The motion of the eyes as they
  scan a graphic arrangement
• Implied movement Motion perceived from a static
  image, as in visual vibration