Exhibition shots from Copenhagen Project Room Oct. 8-11, 2004.Click to enlarge.

SoundImage is a literal examination of the Danish concept 'lydbillede', which (among other meanings) is a way of describing sound in spacial and visual terms. The project explores the possibility of transforming images and colors into music by means of digital media. SoundImage will be installed as a contemplative listening environment in the exhibition space Copenhagen Project Room.

SoundImage takes its point of departure in a classic genre: the landscape painting. A computer continuously constructs an abstract landscape image cycling through a broad range of potential colors. The color values are monitored by the computer and these data are used to put together a sound composition.

The landscape can therefore be read as a visual expression of the current sound composition.

It is not possible to predict exactly how the image will develop and each sequence will therefore be unique. The computer is used to create a variable artistic expression, where a part of the artistic control is left to controlled frames of randomness. Read more about generative art here.

You can download a compressed version (48 kbps, 12 MB) by clicking on the image to the right.

SoundImage is an interdisciplinary cooperation between Thomas Petersen (projection/Flash programming), Felipe Otondo (music), and Inez Mortensen (exhibition space design). For more information contact: thomas@crossover.dk. Telephone: (+45) 33 25 75 50 or (+45) 20 48 25 85. Also check out: www.otondo.net