Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf

Raumbewegungen [Movements in Space]

The Raumbewegungen project by Jannis Hannover is concerned with the sonification of environmental data. The study is concerned with public space created and used by human beings and the way it changes physically within a particular time span. The sonified environmental data include temperature, air pressure, humidity, vibrations in the ground, CO2 levels and movement. The translation of the fluctuating environmental data in an open space into sounds yielded an abstract composition, which made the constant reconfiguration of the environment audible. In addition, it provides the new soundtrack of a synchronized and alienated film of the place. The result is an audio-visual interaction between electronic, abstract sounds and a video, which demonstrates the influence of people on the characteristics of their immediate environment.

Raumbewegungen was an exam project for the Visual Music major at the Institute of Music and Media of the Robert Schumann School of Music and Media Düsseldorf. Prof. Dr. Heike Sperling and Marcus Schmickler supervised the project.