PROJECT INFORMATION


Freestyle SoundKit

HQ Lounge      
Saturday, September 16
3:00 pm–5:00 pm

   

Freestyle SoundKit

Jessica Thompson

Freestyle SoundKit is a wearable sound piece that generates and broadcasts electronic beats as users move through the urban environment. The piece consists of body-mounted sensors, an amplifier, a speaker and a sound chip. When the piece is engaged, each step you take is broadcast as a single beat. Each SoundKit contains a different beat to enable you to collaborate with other users to create a collaborative performance. Freestyle SoundKit enables people to use sound to create user-defined spaces that reference both the cinematic and the fantastic; where sonic space is activated through composition, improvisation and one-upmanship. This piece is a continuation of my interest in using sound to create collaborative situations that enable people to interact with their environment as both performer and audience. During the Conflux, participants will be invited join me in a series of sonic interventions outside the gallery space. Possible interventions could include performative soundwalking, game playing or freestyle improvisation. There will be 4 Freestyle Soundkits available at the Conflux which will be traded back and forth as the performance progresses.
 

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