Lumen is a modular, 8-channel interactive light/sound sculpture exploring intimacy in interactivity. Glowing acrylic globes backed with mid-range woofers and an optical theremin circuit extend sonically and physically into the listeners’ space and shift in pitch and brightness based on the listener’s nearness to the objects. The globes become proximity responsive sensors that reach out and break down hegemonies of art object and audience. Lumen engages immersive audio & sonic spatialization initiatives and functions as a spatial instrument. The project will be presented as a suspended 8-channel sound sculpture, illuminated in a dark room. As listeners approach the globes, affecting the amount of light hitting the sensor, the pitch of each globe will shift. With multiple people in the room, the pitches of the different globes will evolve into a larger room composition.
Lumen
Lumen is a modular, 8-channel interactive light/sound sculpture exploring intimacy in interactivity. Glowing acrylic globes backed with mid-range woofers and an optical theremin circuit extend sonically and physically into the listeners’ space and shift in pitch and brightness based on the listener’s nearness to the objects. The globes become proximity responsive sensors that reach out and break down hegemonies of art object and audience. Lumen engages immersive audio & sonic spatialization initiatives and functions as a spatial instrument.
