Sonification Design and Aesthetics

Stephen Barrass; Paul Vickers

Sonification Design and Aesthetics

Stephen Barrass, Paul Vickers

School of Computer Science

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This chapter addresses issues of functionality and aesthetics in sonification by advocating a design- oriented approach that integrates scientific and artistic methods and techniques. Design is an iterative practice-based discipline involving cycles of hypothesis testing and critical evaluation that aims for solutions to specific problems in context. The reviews design methods and practice in sonification and argues for a pragmatic information aesthetic that distinguishes sonification from computer music and psychoacoustics. It argues that the design approach can allow sonification to become a mass medium for the popular understanding and enjoyment of information in a non-verbal sonic form.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Sonification Handbook
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Logos Verlag
Pages	145-172
Number of pages	586
ISBN (Print)	978-3-8325-2819-5
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Sonifications Sometimes Behave So Strangely
Vickers, P., 2021, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sonic Methodologies. Bull, M. & Cobussen, M. (eds.). New York, London: Bloomsbury, p. 733-743 11 p. (The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sonic Methodologies).
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