This blog has been set up as a space for exploration, discussion and reporting progress on my MA project, involving finding new, exciting ways of using sound on the Web.
Speakerson.net is a space for web audio experiments and discussions.
It came into existance because of my MA projects at South Bank University (London, UK), entitled “Sonic-inspired Language of the World Wide Web”.
The main aim of speakerson.net is to discover new - better? - ways to use sound on the Web.
The Sonic Map of Battersea Park is a Web based piece of audio art, created in search for new and innovative ways of using audio on the Web. It integrates the technology of Flash and a notion of soundscape navigable in a Web browser. It aims to transport an Internet user to the London park to experience its complexity, cosmopolitanism, vibrancy and sense of enjoyment, using sound clips and minimal graphics. It also challenges the user to explore new ways of navigating a web space, by using a sense of hearing instead of vision.
Requirements
In order to make exploring of the piece more enjoyable, the user needs to verify the following:
1. The speakers must be turned on and the volume turned up
2. Headphones should be used for better three-dimensional experience
3. The piece is mostly navigated with arrow keys, not the mouse (see Instructions)
4. Flash plug-in version 8 or higher needs to be installed
Instructions
Use the UP and DOWN arrow to move the “Walker” forward. Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrows to turn the “Walker” around to discover the different sound sources in the park as in three-dimensional space.
Hollow dots contain multiple clips which are activated when re-visited.
Click within the screen if the arrow keys do not move the Walker.