Sonic Fields is an ambient environment that combines generative audio and visuals, creating an immersive sensory experience to wonder and wander. The core of this installation is an evolving soundscape crafted from a rich library of modified local field recordings, mixed with synthesized melodies, blips, and glitches. The visual content responds to the sound, slowly weaving together a tapestry of pattern and color.
The sonic content is generated by a modular synth system to trigger and transform the field recordings and electronic pulses in real time, creating an ever-changing sonic journey. The audio interplays with a code-crafted video synth engine that generates graphic shapes and movements.
The Sonic Fields installation played continuously for two weeks. Although certain sounds repeated, the composition of sounds where never the same. The footage above is edited together from one hour of slowly evolving sounds and visuals that have been condensed into an 8:30 video.
Sonic Fields is designed by Kate Sicchio, Michael Hersrud, and Simone Muscolino, and is produced by Sonic Jeel, a collaborative lab investigating sound, electronic music, and audiovisual media within the context of Qatar and the Gulf region.
Sound Design: Michael Hersrud & Simone Muscolino
Visual Coding: Kate Sicchio
Production: Sonic Jeel
This installation has been created with generous support from VCUarts Qatar Institute For Creative Research, Qatar Foundation, Liwan, and Qatar Museums.
