Quartet Tubes
MATERIALIZING SOUNDSCAPE FICTION
Materializing Situatedness
Quartet Tubes allow us to envision a more flexible use in physical space. They're four tangible artifacts which four tracks were materialized and situated. How the composition of four tracks triggered imaginative sonic landscapes depends on people’s everyday contexts. Modulations enabled a customized tone control by only replacing a tube with a different size and material. All base modules, each embedding a power supply and a speaker, are of the same structure.
Materializing Randomness
For long-term deployment, a stable module, intuitive use, and a long-term power supply were considered. We adopted GPD2856C MP3 Decoder and Play Board to prototype the base module, an audio player. We also searched for a power supply that is small enough to fit the tube size yet also of high capacity. While using a 3.7V lithium battery, we put the charging circuit in a printed case to support charging from a USB Port.
Exploring Auditory Experiences
By printing the tubes with different sizes and materials, we explored and experienced what kind of compositions we could create for an experiential engagement. In addition to 3D printing, plastic and paper materials were also explored through folding techniques.
Quartet Tubes allow us to envision a more flexible use in physical space. What if situated soundscapes are not only designed for a technology center but for everyday life? By this way, what kinds of experiences and speculation will be fostered and generated? To what extent is the situated soundscape produced by Quartet Tubes entangled with our everyday experience?
Credit
Project Advisor | Rung-Huei Liang, Wenn-Chieh Tsai
Designer | David Chung, Bowen Kong, Yin Huang, Fu-Chieh Chang, Mengchi Liu
Photographer | Fu-Chieh Chang
Model | Jingya Zhang
