“Aeolian Traces: Listening to the Resonances of Wind and Human Migration” by Ong
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- Aeolian Traces: Listening to the Resonances of Wind and Human Migration
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Abstract:
Aeolian Traces is a multimedia artwork that collects human migration data to generate gusts of wind around the gallery space, closely synced to oral narratives triggered from a database of recordings. A work of data sonification and visualization, this project explores the aesthetics and socio-cultural possibilities in environmental data.
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