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The Open Sonifications Manifesto
This is a manifesto in search of many sonifications. We invite you
to use it as a map to explore the varied worlds of data + sound.
our bodies, our emotions, our social connections
found sounds!
weird sounds!
ugly sounds!
speech!!!
subjective data,
personal data,
the world is
our dataset
anyone and everyone!
no training required
Intention,
Process, Meaning
play, explore,
feel, tinker
We seek to explore the edges of what is
possible with sonification by challenging and
expanding existing conventions about
we might sonify something
WHY
WHAT
we can do with it
gets to do things with it
WHO
What counts as
VALID DATA
What counts as
VALID SOUND
What
we can use
TOOLS
Sonification is not one thing, it is a diversity of things.
We embrace and encourage curious approaches to
exploring the world through data + sound.
The act of making a sonification is just as, if not more,
important than the final outcome.
CORE IDEAS
We offer Open Sonifications as a
counter-approach
to dominant sonification strategies
but believe they can (and should) co-exist.
We don’t wish to obliterate
the status quo, but we do
wish to extend it.
(traditional goal)
(open goals)
In addition to providing analytic insight, we
acknowledge that sonifications can have
other goals that are just as meaningful.
They can:
Transform us and the way we see the world
Prompt us to examine our assumptions
about how the world works
Engage us in activism or political/social
commentary (have a point of view)
Allow us to express ourselves and to
understand data through our bodies
WE
LOVE
Raw energy
Expressiveness
Participation
Approachability
Community
DANCEABILITY
Making as a way of knowing
Plural perspectives
Performance
Decentralisation
Get in touch with us at
opensonifications@gmail.com
The Open
Sonifications
Manifesto
This is a manifesto in search of many
sonifications. We invite you to use it as a map
to explore the varied worlds of data + sound.
Get in touch with us at
opensonifications@gmail.com
Sonification is not one thing, it is a diversity of things.
We embrace and encourage curious approaches to
exploring the world through data + sound.
The act of making a sonification is just as, if not more,
important than the final outcome.
CORE IDEAS
our bodies, our emotions, our social connections
found sounds!
weird sounds!
ugly sounds!
speech!!!
subjective data,
personal data,
the world is
our dataset
anyone and
everyone!
no training
required
Intention,
Process, Meaning
play, explore,
feel, tinker
We seek to explore the edges of what is
possible with sonification by challenging and
expanding existing conventions about
we might sonify something
WHY
we can
with it
WHAT
DO
gets to do things with it
WHO
What counts as
VALID DATA
What counts as
VALID SOUND
What
we can use
TOOLS
(traditional goal)
(open goals)
In addition to providing analytic insight, we
acknowledge that sonifications can have
other goals that are just as meaningful.
They can:
Transform us and the way we see the world
Prompt us to examine our assumptions
about how the world works
Engage us in activism or political/social
commentary (have a point of view)
Allow us to express ourselves and to
understand data through our bodies
WE
LOVE
Raw energy
Expressiveness
Participation
Approachability
Community
DANCEABILITY
Making as a way of knowing
Plural perspectives
Performance
Decentralisation
We offer Open Sonifications as a
counter-approach
to dominant sonification strategies
but believe they can (and should) co-exist.
We don’t wish to obliterate
the status quo, but we do
wish to extend it.
Print this page out!
Post it in a public place!