OP_ERA: Sonic Interface

OP_ERA: Sonic Interface (2006) — Work Overview (Website Text) OP_ERA: Sonic Interface is an immersive, interactive installation conceived as a 3D sound sculpture. Its form is variable, adapting to each architectural context. Variable sculptural configurations Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Buenos Aires) — the sculpture consisted of 900 transparent PVC tubes, arranged in a 4 × 4 meter square matrix and reaching 5 meters in height. Motomix / Museu da Imagem e do Som (MIS), São Paulo — the sculpture consisted of 600 transparent PVC tubes, arranged as a cylinder 6 meters in diameter and 10 meters high. In both versions, 160 tubes contained 3-inch loudspeakers coupled through transparent acrylic cones. Connected to 16 microphones, these speakers relayed sound data captured from the architectural environment (as implemented at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, MUBE, and MIS). A 3D sonic map of place Designed as a three-dimensional sonic map, the system’s capture and playback followed a geographic logic. Microphones were positioned according to the four cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) at different heights—1.0 m, 1.5 m, and 2.0 m—and the same rule structured the distribution of the loudspeakers. For example: At 1.0 m, interactors could hear street sounds from the west side of the sculpture; At 1.5 m, conversations to the east and kitchen sounds to the north; At 2.0 m, birds to the east and airplanes to the north.