The shape of sound : from opto-acoustic inscription to an immersive sonic art

Abstract

Fundamentally, this dissertation explores the basic question, “what is the shape of sound?” Drawing upon the history of visual representations of sonic vibration, I have developed an interdisciplinary and speculative methodology that investigates the contours of sonic form. From a consideration of the spatial phenomenology of auditory experience, I have derived a practical and theoretical approach towards the production of immersive sonic morphology.