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Final report

Ram Venugopal — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:22:37 +0000

SYSTEM Sounds is a sci-art outreach project that converts the rhythm and harmony of the cosmos into music and sound. In 2019 we engaged the general public through exhibits, public talks, and online videos. As part of our artist residency with the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) we created [...]

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Sonic orbiter

Ram Venugopal — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:32:21 +0000

SYSTEM Sounds were selected as artists in residence for a new collaboration between the Ontario Science Centre and the Museum of Contemporary Art. In July they premiered the Sonic Orbiter, an arcade-style game that lets people create music with the craters of the Moon. A simple joystick controls the path of an orbiter over the [...]

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Giant Leaps – Apollo Program Data Sonification (NASA)

Ram Venugopal — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:18:16 +0000

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, SYSTEM Sounds worked with NASA to convey the history of the Apollo mission’s influence through sound. In this piece, the note pitches indicate the amount of scientific activity associated with Apollo and with NASA’s subsequent missions to explore the moon. Higher pitches indicate greater numbers [...]

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First 4000 Exoplanets – Animation and Sonification (360° Video)

Ram Venugopal — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:55:00 +0000

Latest visualisation from the SYSTEM Sounds project. On June 13, 2019, the number of known exoplanets passed 4000 according to the NASA Exoplanet Archive! To celebrate, we have animated their discoveries in time and converted them into music. A circle appears at the position of each exoplanet as it is discovered with a colour that [...]

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Hubble Treasure Trove Sonification

Ram Venugopal — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:17:53 +0000

SYSTEM Sounds project worked with NASA to sonfiy an image of a cluster of galaxies taken by the Hubble telescope. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13061 Space becomes “sonified” in this visualization of a cluster of galaxies imaged by Hubble. Time flows left to right, and the frequency of sound changes from bottom to top, ranging from 30 to 1,000 [...]

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Overview

Ram Venugopal — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:35:03 +0000

SYSTEM Sounds is a science-art outreach project that converts the rhythm and harmony of the cosmos into music and sound. We wish to expand on the early success of our OAD-funded 2018 project by focusing on interactive web applications (“apps”) that let anyone create their own space music. Our TRAPPIST-1 app was played by over [...]

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