Yokohama Soundscape ’07 (2007)

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A sound installation, in which visitors can listen to various “soundscape” recorded in Yokohama by shining on a miniature model of the city with flashlights. The location of lights on the miniature are detected by a hacked infrared web-camera and a Max/MSP patch, then sounds recorded in the corresponding area are played. (Commissioned by MORI BUILDING / Organized by SETENV)

横浜の都市模型を使ったサウンド・インスタレーション。
模型にペンライトの光を当てると、薄暗い部屋の中で横浜のランドマークがぼんやりと浮かび上がります。同時に、その場所で録音された音が、サウンドスケープとして会場を包みこみます。
行き交う人々の雑踏、停泊する船舶の汽笛、スタジアムに響く歓声、街角にも響くジャズのメロディー… さまざまな魅力的な要素を包み込む多文化都市横浜の姿を、「街の音」を通して伝えることを試みました。 
(コミッション – 森ビル / 企画 SETENV)

More detail (in Japanese)
横浜アーバンラボ/YOKOHAMA URBAN LAB. | ADMC events

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Special Thanks to Nihei-san for this movie.

2 Comments

  1. Rachel McClure
    January 20, 2010

    Hi

    I am doing work a bit like this. I would appreciate it if you have any information on the kind of MAX/MSP patch which you created. Any other information would be so helpful as well. This is a very inspirational piece of work.

    Rachel McClure
    Northern Ireland

  2. digitalexperience » Blog Archive » Yokohama Soundscape (DONE)
    April 3, 2012

    [...] Yokohama Soundscape 2007 is an interactive sound installation in which visitors are given flashlights that they can shine on a miniature model of Yokohama, to listen to soundscapes from that area. The location of highlighted areas on the miniature are detected by a hacked infrared web-camera and a Max/MSP patch. A computer containing pre-recorded soundscapes from around the city then analyses the camera data, and plays the corresponding sounds. [...]

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