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- Akson, an audio-visual environment for networked interaction and performancePublication . Arandas, Luís; Gomes, José Alberto; Penha, RuiIn this article we present Akson, a web-based audiovisual (AV) environment for networked interaction and performance. As a result of research in the context of Braga Media Arts, part of UNESCO’s creative cities network (UCCN), is documented why it was developed, its characteristics as a software that promotes networked artistic practice, as well as the tests performed. Taking advantage of the Internet’s infrastructure, Akson allows the exploration of hundreds of devices scattered around the world and the study of the interface as an extension of the human gesture.
- Directing selfness – a step back from digital collaboration on stagePublication . Arandas, Luis; Gomes, José Alberto; Penha, RuiCollaborative networked performance has been at the forefront of recent proposals in computer music and digital performance research. A feature of its stage effectiveness derives from the composition being often drawn from the instrument or the system. Also, these digital environments are programmed with both the inherent characteristics of human interaction and the properties of networks in mind. The performance Directing Selfness takes a step back from networked interaction using an interface made specifically for performative collaboration through an audio-visual solo. It is made in order to promote a stage-based exploration of a tool not only designed for other performative purposes, but also to promote a unique adaptation of the artist using it.
- Mini mapa sonoro project: soundscape, technology, art and educationPublication . Gomes, José Alberto; Hespanhol, NunoMini Mapa Sonoro Project (Mini Sound Map) consists of a series of workshops held in a school context and a sound maps archive. The workshops take place in the schools of the Municipality of Braga, aiming to expose students of the second and third cycle (9-13 years old) to new technologies applied to art and soundscapes. Mini Mapa Sonoro invites a group to make their own trip through the sound heritage of Braga. Starting from six emblematic places for the students around the school, the adventure involves creating an illustration of their own sound map and recording the sounds that surround them. At the end, these maps will be available online in the form of an interactive visual and sound map. This paper describes the process and motivation behind the creation of the project concept, workshop plan, tools, the results we have achieved so far, and the feedback we have had from students and teachers. We also discuss further applications and plans for the future.
- Never the less: a performance on networked artPublication . Arandas, Luis; Gomes, José Alberto; Bernardes, Gilberto; Penha, RuiNever The Less is a live audio-visual (A/V) networked performance, where participants are able to interact remotely and collaboratively. It adopts the newly-proposed web-based A/V Akson system, designed for an internet infrastructure, which allows both musical and visual content generation and interaction across multiple devices in remote locations. The system was built with great emphasis on live-performance and human collaboration, where experts and non-experts (i.e., artists and public) exist at the same level.
- Audible (Art): an introduction to the invisible sonic connectionsPublication . Gomes, José Alberto; Portovedo, Henrique; Carvalhais, MiguelThis is an introduction to a special edition of JSTA dedicated to the myriad forms of sonic connections and audible expressions. We approach three dimensions of sound in an artistic context: auditory specificities, performance dimensions, and computational listening. Sound is a complex phenomenon present in everyday life and dwelling between conscious and unconscious processes. A universe contained within itself, where every sound event has the potential to be considered aesthetic material, contributing to the proliferation of creative approaches. These specific conditions have potentiated an outbreak of sonic art genres and expressions. Listening as an epistemic process has been subjected to successive changes pushed by computation and the breeding of computational media. The intertwining of computation with environments leads to a state of permanent re-articulation, and supports the development of new relations in meta-environments, turning listening into a hybrid process of human and computational operations. This essay points to visions and approaches to sound as a specific field of knowledge that can arise from, lead to, or be used as a tool of world-building.
- Towards large-scale artistic practice with web technologiesPublication . Arandas, Luis; Gomes, José Alberto; Penha, RuiIn this article, we present a software architecture that explores the technological potential of the web as a programmable interface and as an interpersonal connection point in the artistic practice. This structure exposes the recently proposed Akson audio-visual (AV) environment, also raising a technical evaluation of the technologies and design used to allow the development of both the platform and the network.
- Wireplex, an extended flow of Data as Distributed Sound SculpturePublication . Arandas, Luis; Gomes, José Alberto; Penha, RuiThis article presents a networked sound sculpture made us- ing web technologies. The intervention described explores the generation of content in large numbers of distributed interfaces with potentially large distances across the globe. Using Akson audio-visual (AV) environment, a distributed connection is maintained to all machines that remain pub- licly linked. We explore and present Wireplex as an artistic use of the Internet creating an irregular platform to repro- duce the artwork.