Material and Phenomenological Research

There are several sources which I am currently looking at regarding material and phenomenological research. The material research is based on wire and the transmission of sound or creation of sound by agitating the wire. Phenomenologically I am looking at the nature of vibration and how to author and sonically generate sound through vibration. I am interested in understanding the nature of vibration and oscillation through the ventilation system as my point of origin and transferring to tensile wires of my recordings in 211 JAR in order to understand how to manifest the the sound architecturally.

Artists:

Material and Form - Harry Bertoia

Karilee Fuglem - a Montreal based artist who works with thin wire to create these disappearing masses.

Iannis Xenakis - a 20th century Greek musician, architect, engineer who created massive multimedia performances called polytopes.

Phenomenological & Scientific Research:

The Soundscape - by R. Murray Schaefer

Pamphlet Architecture 16: Architecture as a Translation of Music - by Elizabeth Martin

Spaces speak, Are You Listening? Experiencing Aural Architecture - by Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter

Case Study Designs in Music Therapy - ed. David Aldridge

Sound and structural Vibration: Radiation, Transmission and Response - by Frank Fahy

Infrasound and Low Frequency Vibration - ed. W. Tempest

Exploring Music: The Science and Technology of Tones and Tunes - by Charles Taylor

An Adventure in Multidimensional Space: The Art and Geometry of Polygons, Polyhedra, and Polytopes - by Koji Miyazaki

Visual Art, Mathematics and Computers - selections from the Journal Leonardo

Frei Otto Tensile Structures