Loki's Pain

PerMagnus Lindborg

doi:10.21428/92fbeb44.48562f92

Loki's Pain

PerMagnus Lindborg

School of Creative Media

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Loki’s Pain is an immersive 3D audio sonification of seismological activity. Visitors take the place of Loki, who was punished by the gods and caused earthquakes. We designed an auditory display structure in the shape of a hemi-dodecahedron and built a prototype with a low-budget DIY approach. Seismological data were retrieved from the Internet. Location, magnitude, and epicentre depth of hundreds of recent earthquakes were sonified with physical modelling synthesis into a 10-minute piece.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st New Instruments for Musical Expression Conference (NIME) 2021
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.48562f92
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021
Event	2021 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2021) - NYU Shanghai (online), Shanghai, China Duration: 14 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021

Publication series

Name	NIME Proceedings series
ISSN (Electronic)	2220-4806

Conference

Conference	2021 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2021)
Place	China
City	Shanghai
Period	14/06/21 → 18/06/21

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Research Keywords

soundscape
sound installation
design
sonification
art
earthquake
seismology
aesthetics

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27 Jun 2023
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Sonic Shower: An interactive sound installation exploring sonification of water

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