Ambient Addition is a Walkman with binaural microphones. A tiny Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip analyzes the microphone's sound and superimposes a layer of harmony and rhythm on top of the listener's world. In the new context, some surprising behaviors take place. Listeners tend to play with objects around them, sing to themselves, and wander toward tempting sound sources. With Ambient Addition, I'm hoping to make people think twice about the sounds they initiate as well as loosen up some inhibitions.
Not to overacademicize this, but Ambient Addition could very well be a literal (and aural) example of Peter Bürger's idea of incorporating art into the praxis of life.
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I was just reading about this in the New York times Magazine.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/magazine/10section1A.t-3.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
It sounds like a budda machine and Glenn Branca in space.
Your brother totally beat me to the Buddha Machine reference.
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