What’s the sound around you? June 12, 2009
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This is an invitation to take part in an exciting new research project to discover how our everyday soundscapes makes us feel – be it happy, excited, productive, sad, etc.
A research team at the University of Salford have just started
offering free software to help anyone with a suitable mobile phone, pc and internet connection to sample, assess and better understand their everyday “soundscapes”.
People who take part via the website www.soundaroundyou.com will be able to upload
their sounds and opinions to their server where they’ll be able to hear and see them on a global 3D map of soundscape data.
The project is funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), and aims to gather an unprecedented amount of sound environment research data by using the latest mobile and computing technology to understand a person’s relationship with their sonic
environment.
The software is currently being tested for this project. Watch out for the main launch at the beginning of July if you are interested in finding out more.
Celebrating Science and Art May 14, 2009
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School Children & Professional Artists join up to create new Large-Scale Sci-Art Works for Porthcurno Sculpture Garden, Cornwall, Launching May 28The launch of the Porthcurno Sculpture Garden on May 28, 2009 officially unveils a series of new large-scale art works – co-created by renowned artists and Cornish schoolchildren – that freshly articulate the invisible science behind telegraphic technology and celebrate Porthcurno’s surprisingly key role in world history.
Porthcurno made scientifically and historically important waves during the global communications revolution from 1870 onwards. It’s incredible to think of now, but Porthcurno really was the Silicon Valley of its age.
Libby Buckley, Museum Director
The six new sculptural works are the culmination of a three-year creative process and a series of responses to the unique exhibits and archives at the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, home to the new Gardens and sited just a few miles from Lands End in the far West of Cornwall, in a programme sponsored by NESTA, Creative Partnerships, RiO, MLA South West, Arts Council England, Plymouth College of Art and the Heritage Lottery Fund. (more…)
