New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Visual SoundPreliminary Concept Document

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Table of Contents• Introduction• Goals• Challenges• Work Plan• Design Solution• Walkthrough• Conclusion

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

IntroductionVisual Sound is an interactive sculpture that creates visual music.

Music has strong influence in art and human behavior. It produces specific emotional states that all people share.It allows us to communicate our most intimate emotions in unique

ways.

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

GoalsMy goal is to understand intuitive reactions to sound, by diving into some of the areas such as

Synesthesia Algorithmic music Emotions triggered by sound One’s act or response results of an artistic expression

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Challenges

• Compositions for different emotional states

• Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) technique – study group

• Members of the study group - synesthesia, artist, musician, scientist• Similarity/Differences – GSR graphs• Visual language - color/shape survey - study group• Map visual language to graph• Interactive sculpture that reflects above experiments and creates visual

sound by moving each parts up and down on y axes

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Work Plan

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Design Solution

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Design Solution

Happiness

Sadness

Excitement

Frustration

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Walkthrough

New York University Tisch School of The Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program 2007 Thesis Seminar Songul Aslanturk

Conclusion• Sound, color, and shapes are related • They create different emotional states• Emotional states are responses to stimuli triggered by brain• They form who we are, how we behave, and react