I Live Such a Life
is an interactive sound and light installation that translates emotional voicemail stories
into musical pieces that capture the essence of conveyed emotions while leaving out the
detailed content. The installation perceives the human body as a uniquely individual
instrument, playable through the way we talk, recognizing emotions as a universal language
beyond our spoken ones.
TIMELINE
Ideation: May 2022 - June 2022
Data Gathering: July 2022
Design and Fabrication: September 2022 - December 2022
TOOLS
Data Sonification: Max/MSP + ZSA library for sound analyzing
Digital Fabrication: laser-cutting, resin print, emboidary
Handcraft: foam sculpt, weaving, felting
Physical Computation: Arduino
-> Data Sonification
This piece creates individual Max/MSP instrument for each
of the eight basic emotions, as classified by Plutchik's
emotion wheel. With which, It translates and exclusively
preserves the emotional essence of the stories into musical compositions.
-> Selected Audios
For the first time, I miss my mom so much
We share the same soul when holding hands
We set off at 1 am for the sunrise
->Arduino Computation
11 LED sripes
11 mini speakers
11 Arduino Nanos
11 sd card modules
wires
EXHIBITION
-> “They Keep Changing The Key”, Sol Koffler Gallery,
RI, United States
