'It is impossible to consider
sound apart from the space in which it is heard.'(1)
This website
documents Activated Space, David Cunningham's project to develop and
present a series of installations that alter an architectural space
in real time to allow its resonant frequencies to become audible and interactive.
The project combines elements from sculpture, electronic media, music,
architecture and acoustics.
One purpose of the website is
to allow the process of the work to be transparent, to demysify the
mythologies and metaphors that accumulate during the creation of these
installations.
The work addresses the following
issues:
Primary:
How can active listening be encouraged?
How does our awareness of acoustic
surroundings influence our perceptions?
What happens if you magnify the sound
of a room?
Secondary:
Why is the role of sound increasingly
coming to the fore within the Fine Arts?
How does technological change cause
perceptual shifts which generate new potentials for awareness both
inside an art/music context and generally?
