Synchresis Audiovision Tales

The eaw– electroacousticwinds began as a platform that aggregates artists and researchers from several artistic fields who had the desire to contribute on the advancement of tools that stimulates a new way of artistic creation.

The book SYNCHRESIS – audiovisiontales is a collection of articles from different authors, and is the culmination of the eaw2017 international conference, under the same name. Here we will discuss the symbiotic relationship between sound and image, two different languages within the multimedia art form. The technological tools to improve this relationship are the main focus of the proposed articles which stress multiple perspectives on both technical-linguistic and aesthetic points of view.

This audio-vision relationship has become a research focus for different authors in recent decades, namely by discussing on how technology enables the creation of tools for manipulating and enhancing not only the artist’s creativity but also the audience’s immersion.

However, in this field, as in others within the digital humanities realm, new assumptions and theories are created every time technology overcomes its constraints and presents a new paradigm. Design and soundscapes aims to discuss and mirror interactions and features between design, sound, silence and the potential to perceive space, place and time.

Intending to enlarge the scope of the debate, this book presents theoretical frameworks and/or empirical studies that address these topics from a variety of inspiring arguments.