The Sono Prototype and Alberti's Window

Paper presented at Urban Soundscapes and Critical Citizenship, University of Limerick, Ireland.

The Sono is a proposed window-mounted device that blocks unwanted sounds from the outside world. This paper analyses the history of “the window” as emblematic of visual hegemony, demonstrating how the non-relational, fixed-perspective approach to our senses embedded in the Sono denies our integrated, haptic sensorium.

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This album was created in collaboration with David Colohan. He provided several field recordings and small musical excerpts, which I combined with my own selections to create imaginary landscapes. It’s released on Gruenrekorder and available as a download.

Digital Media Software and Systems 4

I lectured on this undergraduate module at the Digital Media Research Centre (DMARC), University of Limerick.

Students use Max/MSP to implement compositional systems, using a variety of algorithmic techniques. The practicalities of packaging applications, developing interfaces, and performance systems was emphasised.