Abstract:
Information is flowing around us constantly passing through the air; transmitting information, phone calls and Emails. Our interaction with digital media is becoming increasingly prevalent in our day-to-day lives and continues to permeate our offices, homes and play spaces. Yet few designs begin to interface with media and the processing or transmittal of information between the user and the surfaces, which define our world. This study proposes to create an outdoor digital landscape, which is part of a larger performance area. This space utilizes digital media to allow speakers, musical groups, and other performers another dimension to express their material. The performance space and digital presentation area should be viewed as an entire experience away from that of reality. The goal of the project is to continue to blur the lines between information and form, and to play with what we conceive of as reality. The project will provide an outlet for digital artists as well as a chance to experiment with form, space and information and our ability as humans to influence process and transmit information between surfaces.Music will be the ignition for this process; extracting bits of data and information from musical pieces and applying that to the design of this space. Music is a part of our daily lives and provides another dimension that can be implemented in the design process. Information will be extracted from musical pieces and implemented as abstracts within the final design. In addition to the experimental design and artistic expression, an educational component may be realized. In an educational environment, patron’s opinions and views of what music is and can be, would be expanded, and an additional respect for the music that drives design and serves as a soundtrack for our world.
