PROVIDING AUDIO DESIGN FOR PUBLIC ARTWORKS - COLLABORATING WITH ARTISTS AND THE CHANGING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE AURAL ENVIRONMENT

摘要

For many years, artworks have been used to help define the quality of the public spaces they reside in and, to some extent, help create. This now includes the aural urban environment, with the emergence and maturation of 'sound art' as a form of Installation Art, along with a growing awareness of the aesthetic environment in our daily lives. Acoustic designers who are passionate about the aural aesthetics they would create can benefit from the public profile that the right artwork can bring to the issue, and the artists can benefit creatively from tapping into sensitivities and allied skills of acoustic and audio designers. This paper attempts to illustrate what can be achieved collectively in collaborative teamwork between an artistic vision, a technological ambition and enough empathic overlap to achieve a valued outcome. Furthermore, when experiences can be offered that obviate the need for explanations, the clarity of communication achieved cannot be surpassed; if we see it, hear it, feel it, we will know it. To this end, there are collaborative methods that bring the projected aural experience into the artist's studio, or into another space for creativity.