The Augmented Tonoscope

Abstract

The Augmented Tonoscope is an artistic study into the aesthetics of sound and vibration through its analogue in visual form – the modal wave patterns of Cymatics. Key to the research is the design, fabrication and crafting of a sonically and visually responsive hybrid analogue/digital instrument that will produce dynamic Visual Music based on the physics, effects and manifestations of sound and vibration. This paper describes the first stage of the study – a series of artistic investigations into analogue tonoscope and digital tone generator design integrating light and camera control – driven by an artistic experimental method devised specifically for the project. The paper concludes with future directions for the research: Can the inherent geometries within sound provide a meaningful basis for Visual Music? Will augmenting these physical effects with virtual simulations realise a real-time correlation between the visual and the musical?

Contributors

Lewis Sykes

Conference

Publication date: July 2011

Publication date (Print): July 2011

Pages: 1-6

Affiliations

Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD)

Faculty of Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan University, Righton Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, M15 6BG

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2011.59

Copyright statement: © Lewis Sykes. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2011), London, UK

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2011)

Conference acronym: EVA

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 6 - 8 July 2011

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2011)

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing