Final Project: Personal Mobile-Spatial Sound Projection Device #2

Here is my second "Personal Mobile-Spatial Sound Projection Device". For this project I thought to construct a device that could be pushed around within a public space such as a gallery. The sound projected here is being emitted through two small monitor speakers and is powered by one minidisc player. The sound itself was recorded from an aviary in the virtual space Second Life. Artificial flowers were added in order to reinforce the concept of the participants engagement with the projection device as being somewhat fictitious or imaginary.

Self Portrait Sketch

Above is a sketch for a project concerning the self. Ideally, on would lie underneath or beside the Personal Mobile-Spatial Sound Projection Device and emit a chosen sound out to space. Notice the external frame to the right of the image allowing for mobility.

Bio

John Mata is an artist based in San Antonio, Texas. Currently Mata is attending the University of Texas at San Antonio and is majoring in Art with a minor in Anthropology. The focus of Mata's current work is directed at the utilization of art as a means to conveying a message through personalized projection devices constructed with the concern for mobility. Mata has shown nationally and internationally and in January '09 recently held an exhibition with Sala Diaz Gallery in San Antonio, Tx. The purpose of this blog is to introduce another component to Mata's work. One which will provide information for the readers and introspectively provide feedback for the artist as well.

"South Town Dreaming Itself" Beto Gonzales

So I just thought to add FutureWorkerGirl's (aka: Leslie Raymond) blog of the site piece PBL (Potter-Belmar Labs) contributed to my show at Sala Diaz at the start of 2009 entitled "Sala Diaz is Open"... You can read all about it here as she wraps it up with a quote from artist Beto Gonzales.( I just had to borrow it for the title of this entry). Nice job PBL/FWG/SPOKENINE !!!

Second Verse Same As The First

After spending three loads of laundry time ( approximately 220 minutes) in second life I came to a conclusion, the virtual world is a very quiet place. Inside Second Life virtual sounds surrounded my flights and teleportations. The ambience developed through sounds tended to sooth and put me in a state of relaxation. This feeling of relaxation kept me wandering about the feelings of anxiety I have in my everyday life and asking a couple of social questions. Are we living in a constant state of anxiety and are the sounds that we produce in the "First Life" one of the main contributors to such a state? So I am proposing for my next project to create an environment in first life that utilizes sounds for animated spaces. A few speakers and some amplifiers should suffice.
John Mata