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The Pulse of the Earth and sonification

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Le Souffle de la Terre/The Pulse of the Earth is an on-going sound work (1996–20–) by the artist L. Abenavoli. She outlines the sonification methods employed in the making of the work in an analysis of its technical and conceptual features. The work is described in terms of her artistic objectives.

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Notes

  1. Translator’s note: “device” is used to translate the French term of “dispositif”.

  2. Régis Debray is a French philosopher and essayist, and founder of the neologism and methodology of mediology.

  3. The quote is a play on a remark originally attributed to China: “When the sage points his finger to the moon, the idiot looks at his finger”.

  4. A source of inspiration for the sound works that I have created in recent years.

  5. Given that the waves are compressed in time, the processing of data takes place in “real time” whilst the diffusion of the work necessarily takes place at a later stage.

  6. Lorella Abenavoli (artiste), Simon Lincelles (UTC), Simon Vanesse (UTC), Jean-Paul Montagner (IPGP) France.

  7. As defined by Paquin (2006), transduction refers to the modalities of codes that transform data into form.

  8. Vanesse Simon (2004) L’Alchimiste.

  9. Cycling ‘74 (1999–2010) Max-msp.

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  1. Université du Québec à Montréal, DEPA Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada

    Lorella Abenavoli

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Correspondence to Lorella Abenavoli.

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Translated by Julie Louise Bacon, from the original French text “Le Souffle de la Terre et la sonification”.

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Abenavoli, L. The Pulse of the Earth and sonification. AI & Soc 27, 277–279 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-011-0358-y

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