SONICTOUCH
Tactile Sound-Augmented Art Experience
The SonicTouch Experience is an innovative mode of enjoying figurative art, designed to overcome sensory barriers through a multimodal and intermedial interaction. This device integrates multimodality (engaging multiple senses) and intermediality (merging different media) to deliver a unique and immersive experience, tailored to the specific needs of each user. A critical analysis of the artwork is provided, based on the most recent and accredited interpretative perspectives developed in the field.
Dramatization and cinematic sound design of the depicted scenes enhance emotional engagement.
The sound narratives are not mere descriptions but true dramatizations, enriched with music and voices that evoke the emotions conveyed by the painting.
This allows blind users to experience art on an emotional level equal to that of sighted individuals.
Figurative Art Through Touch and Immersive Audio
The project operates within the field of tactile translations of sculptural and pictorial works, an area experiencing significant growth both nationally and internationally. SonicTouch aims to enrich the aesthetic experience of individuals with visual impairments by integrating tactile stimulation with an audio experience.
Believing that tactile translation alone is insufficient to enable a blind or visually impaired person to fully grasp the spaces and perspectives represented in most artworks, we developed the conviction that acoustic perception, combined with tactile interaction, can effectively compensate for the lack of visual perception.
Thanks to the use and manipulation of sound, we provide a three-dimensional sensory experience, much closer to the visual one.
Through advanced technologies, exploring the acoustic space allows for a virtual recreation of the spatial sensations represented in the artwork. This gives blind individuals the ability to perceive depth and the positioning of objects.
The acoustic representation arranges elements in perspective, leveraging the often highly developed auditory abilities of blind individuals, refined through intense and constant practice.
Tactile exploration
Immersive Audio
A cinematic soundtrack narrates the artwork, featuring a narrator's voice, sound design, music, and dialogues that describe its historical and visual context. This approach allows the user to experience art on multiple psychological levels.
The SonicTouch enables the recreation of perspective and spatial sensations through sound, providing access to the artwork that is both acoustically coherent with vision and deeply emotionally engaging.
Dramatization and cinematic sound design
A cinematic soundtrack narrates the artwork, featuring a narrator's voice, sound design, music, and dialogues that illustrate its historical and visual context, enabling the user to experience art on multiple psychological levels.
This step is crucial because, in addition to informing the user about the artwork, it allows them to familiarize themselves with the raised forms and gain an initial understanding of the dimensions and distinctive elements of the piece.
Tactile Interaction and Critical Description
This perspective variety is achieved through sophisticated sound encoding algorithms.
For each activated area, a critical description guides the user through the exploration, offering essential details not only to identify the area of interest but also to deepen the understanding of the raised parts.
This perspective variety is achieved through sophisticated sound encoding algorithms.
For each activated area, a critical description guides the user through the exploration, offering essential details not only to identify the area of interest but also to deepen the understanding of the raised parts.
Why is it innovative?
Perception Spatiale Acoustique
L’audio 3D et la cartographie tridimensionnelle exploitent les capacités auditives pour recréer la profondeur et la perspective.
Empathie et Engagement
Grâce à la dramatisation des histoires, l'art visuel devient un récit vivant, stimulant l’imagination, et amplifiant le sens symbolique de l'œuvre, rendant tangibles des expériences et des émotions qui vont au-delà de l'apparence.
Audio Binaural et Environnement Sonore
Avec la spatialisation tridimensionnelle du son, l’environnement de l'œuvre est recréé, offrant une immersion complète et réaliste.
Autonomie de l'utilisateur
L'interface est conçue pour être auto-explicative, permettant aux visiteurs d'explorer l'œuvre de manière totalement indépendante. Des instructions claires sont fournies via des écouteurs, garantissant une expérience autonome sans nécessité d'assistance continue.
Multimodalité
L’intégration du toucher et de l’audition offre une expérience synesthésique qui va au-delà de l’expérience visuelle.
Vraiment inclusive
L'installation est accessible également aux personnes en fauteuil roulant ou ayant des handicaps moteurs, grâce à une interface logicielle simple et intuitive, dotée de deux grands boutons multifonctions.
Intermédialité
SonicTouch intègre des médias tactiles, narratifs, musicaux et interactifs pour une perception profonde de l'œuvre.
Personnalisation de l'expérience
Une fois l'expérience initiale terminée, l'utilisateur peut répéter l'expérience en choisissant d'activer uniquement les descriptions verbales, uniquement les descriptions acoustiques ou les deux.
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