Sonification is a new technique to represent data by means of sound. There’s many success stories of sonification  in many fields of application to improve human’s understanding of the environment. In the art field, sonification need to be explored  as an artwork creation tool. Movement sonification is the main exploration in  my work titled Artificial Intelligence Part I, presented in Jogja Biennale 2005, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In my exploration, sonification can be used as a creation tool to produce an artwork that has an interactivity with the audiens and the environment, thus help us to get better understanding of our environment.

My work is based on my personal experiences. But, my personal experiences could be considered as part of our collective experience. My works uses sound as one of its primary elements. Audio/sound refer to an abstract level. As human beings, we have one sensitive tool in our body, and this is the ear. We are often touched by sound, coming from natural or digital sources. We usually relate more to the “words culture” than to the “sound culture”. Sound itself has an independent life.  That is why I am interested to explore it. The possibilities can explore the connection between sounds and between the levels of consciousness and unconsciousness. My work is based on my personal experiences, and I want to share a nuance from this exploration. That could be your experience, everybody’s experience. I believe art could view reality in its different sides. Therefore, through the sound I explore, I could share “something” behind the language, to open our sense of humanity.

Keywords: Art, New Media, Technology, Sound, Internet, Culture, Velocity, Humanity, Society

Technology : The system of tools and techniques by means of which people relate to their environment and secure their survival.
(Rubin, Arnold, Art as technology, Hillcrest Press, 1989, Technology: Rubin’s definition,  17, 184)