Klangräume

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Georgios Martemtakis, David Pirrò, Marian Weger

The project "Klangräume" enables a broad public to gain insights into current research and state-of-the-art technology. Within the project, two different sound spaces are being realized, which are thematically coordinated and target different audiences. The first sound space deals with the relationship between space and time in acoustic communication, while the second translates datasets from climate research into spatially experienceable forms. Each sound space takes place as an installation in cooperation with an art institution. In this process, a new type of interaction between humans and technology is explored.

Three elements are connected in the "Klangräume" and evaluated for the first time in a holistic framework: sound as a knowledge mediator, which is interactively controlled and thus enables embodiment. This combination is Sonic Interaction Design – SID. The "Sound Spaces" project attempts to develop a methodology for the holistic evaluation of acoustic Human-Computer Interaction through multidimensional evaluation of SID systems – both "in the wild" and under laboratory conditions.

The "Klangräume" project aims to combine the knowledge available in Styria on Sonic Interaction Design (University of Arts Graz/Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics) and Human-Computer Interaction (FH JOANNEUM Graz, Information Design) into an interdisciplinary field of investigation. In doing so, we build on a portfolio of ongoing and completed research projects and socialize their results: on the one hand, a broad public is involved in HCI evaluation methods; on the other hand, a participatory discourse is stimulated through the novel interactive presentation of research results.

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