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Audification and Non-Standard Synthesis in Construction in Self

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2014

Ryo Ikeshiro
Ryo Ikeshiro*
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Department of Music and Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, UK
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Abstract

The author's Construction in Self (2009) belongs to the interdisciplinary context of auditory display/music. Its use of data at audio rate could be described as both audification and non-standard synthesis. The possibilities of audio-rate data use and the relation between the above descriptions are explored, and then used to develop a conceptual and theoretical basis of the work.

Vickers and Hogg's term ‘indexicality’ is used to contrast audio with control rate. The conceptual implications of its use within the digital medium and the possibility for the formation of higher-order structures are discussed. Grond and Hermann's notion of ‘familiarity’ is used to illustrate the difference between audification and non-standard synthesis, and the contexts of auditory display and music respectively. Familiarity is given as being determined by Dombois and Eckel's categories of data. Kubisch's Electrical Walks, Xenakis's GENDYN and the audification of seismograms are used as examples. Bogost's concept of the alien is introduced, and its relevance to the New Aesthetic and Algorave are discussed. Sound examples from Construction in Self are used to demonstrate the varying levels of familiarity or noise possible and suggested as providing a way of bridging the divide between institutional and underground electronic music.

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Organised Sound , Volume 19 , Special Issue 1: Sonification , April 2014 , pp. 78 - 89
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Cited art works

Ikeshiro, R. 2009. Construction in Self. Independent, generative. http://www.ryoikeshiro.com.Google Scholar
Kubisch, C. 2003. Electrical Walks. Independent, installation.Google Scholar
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