Masterclass by Esther Polak & Ivar van Bekkum in cooperation with reDesigning Affect Space – Architecture as Sonic Experience, Hybrid Space Lab, Berlin, Germany, 2018. Initial announcement
Saterday 14 April 2018
Bridge - listen with headphones
Fridge - listen with headphones
Sunday 15 April 2018 – spatial listening with broadcasting streaming audio.
With a complex setup we listened to an expanded stereo streaming broadcast, meaning that the left and the right audio channel are produced by two separate people on the streets of Berlin. As listeners we did not know how far these two people were apart (2 meters, 10 or even further). So while listening we realized we were trying to create one coherent audio space form the two channels.
More detailed tech setup explained:
• for the microphone side: 2 phones with an audio streaming/braodcast app installed (that does not filter the incoming audio – important); 2 omni-surround lavalier microphones attached.
• for the listening side: 2 seperate laptops for receiving the left and right channel, seperately connected to a left and right channel of an amplifier, 2 loud speakers with a broad audio spectrum (so no internal corrections like bass boost).
Monday 16 April 2018 – Presentation.
12:30 Start
12:40 presentation Esther/Ivar
12:55 presentation participants
14:00 experiments with/embodied spatial hearing
15:00 experiments with/windless hearing
15:30 spatial recording
16:30 exchange of results/experiences/goals for Sunday
17:00 end
Rough program Sunday 15 April:
12:30 Start
12:45 spatial listening with broadcasting streaming audio
14:15 discussing results
14:45 spatial recordings at locations (we will bring a choice of locations on Saturday)
16:15 prepare presentation (individual or in groups) with results of Saturday and Sunday*
17:00 end
