Some pictures from my photographs on the wall and my projection in the seminar room
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Finals on the wall(s)
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Updated proposal
The visualisation of speech Introduction
This project attempts to visualise speech using simple granular materials reacting to the sound of the human voice.
Context and audience
This project is concerned with the visualisation of sound. It was initially driven by my bilingual Greek/English background, and my unexplained tendency to subdivide words (or create new words with multiple meanings) using Greek and English vocabulary. My experiments began by tracing mouth movements using paint on paper to observe the shape that the mouth makes, when articulating each letter of the English alphabet. Further experimentation included recording various people speaking the alphabet using specific phrases to observe the difference between graphic representations of sound waves.
I used a variety of voices from different genders and cultural backgrounds from a mix of Greek and English speakers. My speakers were given two sentences, commonly used in elocution, which represent smooth and more powerful phraseology.
My finished project consists of the visualisation of my sound recordings. Sound is physical so I filmed the movement of granulated materials (cinnamon, salt, baby powder and coffee grains) on a thin surface placed on an amplifier reacting to my spoken recordings. My aim has been to open up the visualisation of speech to a wider audience through the communication of the shape, movement and rhythm of language to visually represent the difference in speech patterns. An important influence has been the work of Hans Jenny, ‘Cymatics’.
Methodology and research
My work involved observing how different kinds of granular material reacts to sound. The outcome involved the audiovisual recording of voice and materials using still and video camera and recording equipment. Contextual reference included art and design works relating to visual representation and the notation of sound and music.
Final footage
This is my final footage for my final major project as it will be presented on the assessment day and on the degree show. Enjoy!
Finals
These are the finals for my major project (below). I am printing 4 69.49×59.4cm prints.
Regarding the key table that will explain the speech represented in each one of the photos, I have decided to make one key table with the names and other info of the persons (below). This will fit in an A4 page and it will have the same proportions as the posters.
Also, above each one of the photos there will be a table indicating the phrase and the voice (male/female). This will make it easier for the people to read the images :
There will be also my footage which I will upload at a later stage on vimeo.
Brand identity done
So here it is, everything was needed to be done for the Professional Practice module. I have printed my portfolio on Friday but unfortunately I need to reprint one of the pages as it got dirty in the process of cutting-I’m glad I have the time to do this.
At the last minute I have changed the font to everything while my business cards were on their way to be delivered.. I will keep them, even though they don’t fit with the other material and I will get them reprinted after the hand-in (I don’t have the time to do this now).
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Portfolio Website
New website is up and running and can be viewed here : http:www.savvaszinonos.com
It’s running on Cargo Collective, although I paid a subscription and I linked my domain name there in order to make it look more professional. I also edited some of the CSS and HTML code. I’m not entirely satisfied with it, but I hope I will create a Dreamwave website in the future.
Screenshots:
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Updated logo and colours (again)
I corrected some optical mistakes on the ‘S’ of my logo, it looked like someone has stretched it. I also tried to make the colours happier
