Audio offers an alternative perspective on cultural expression. As a data source it reflects the natural and built environment as well as cultural activities such as the funfair and the beach.
To visualise the sound recordings, I collaborated with data analyst Tristram Cox, who wrote a program using Google Colaboratory. Using the tool, I was able to analyse sections of each recording breaking down the sounds into different constituents to reveal self similarity and patterns which would otherwise be impossible to discern.
What appeals to me about these images is how they change and develop over time, so I have chosen to display them as a sequenced slideshow overlaid onto the section of sound recording to which they refer.
This is an ongoing line of enquiry and I have also been experimenting with projection of the images onto different textured surfaces.
Below: Sound recording and projections of visualisations of sounds recordings from Playa de los Náufragos.
