Synchresis Audiovision Tales

Fátima Pombo; Isabel Soveral

doi:10.48528/sx321826

Synchresis Audiovision Tales

Authors

Fátima Pombo

University of Aveiro

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1576-6992

Isabel Soveral

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3218-5308

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48528/sx321826

Keywords:

Música - Comunicação visual, Sons, Acústica musical, Comunicação musical

Synopsis

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.

Author Biography

Fátima Pombo, University of Aveiro

Fátima Pombo is a Full Professor of Design and Director of the Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture [ID+] at the University of Aveiro, having also held other scientific management positions. She was a visiting professor at the University of Leuven (KUL) in Belgium for almost a decade and taught within the Erasmus program at other European universities. She is co-chair of the 2026 edition of the Design Committee, and was also involved in the 2024 edition. She participates in research projects and international conferences, develops various academic activities and is a member of, among others, the design jury of the iF Design Award in Germany, the evaluation panel of the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology and the Evaluation Committee of A3ES - Accreditation of Study Programs. Her main research interests are interior design, spatial design, phenomenology of design and aesthetics of sustainability. Fátima Pombo, a postdoctoral fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, conducted research at the University of Munich and as a doctoral student at the University of Heidelberg. In addition to her academic studies, she studied Music at the Porto Conservatory of Music. She has published Traces of Music (2001), Of Beautiful and Designed Things (1st ed. 2018; 2nd ed. 2020), Synchresis Audiovision Tales (coordinator with Isabel Soveral, 2019) and Design for Ecosystemic Ideas. The Transition to a Sustainable Future (coordinator, 2023) with the University of Aveiro Press.