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- Dyrssen, Catharina, 1949, et al.
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The Sound Labyrinth Project: Catalyst for Creative Activity
- 2012
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In: Interference: A Journal of Audioculture. - 2009-3578 .- 2009-3578. ; 2012:2
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Two large sound installations, developed by transdisciplinary sound art and research group Urban Sound Institute, created a meeting place for one year of artistic and pedagogic activity in a Swedish regional museum. The project involved a historic sound archive, a string quartet, a local radio station, pedagogic workshops, several schools, children’s groups and musical education programs. The installations created a complexity of interior spaces, and acted as huge musical instruments to be ‘played’ by professional musicians, dancers and visitors. Through advanced computer programming and careful composition, modeling and distribution of sounds as words, narratives, music, space, bodily experiences and memory, the Sound Labyrinth allowed for great variations, durability over time, and different forms of interaction. The article describes the project, and discusses the exhibition as a platform for collective, multiple interaction; as an expanded musical-architectonic composition; and as a contribution to artistic research methodologies relevant for sound spaces within so-called sound-making disciplines.
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-
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Acoustic Design Artifacts and Methods for Urban Soundscapes : A Case Study on the Qualitative Dimensions of Sounds
- 2012
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In: Proceedings of Inter-noise 2012 "Quieting the world's cities".. - New York, USA : Institute of Noise Control Engineering. ; , s. 1-12
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Noise is steadily on the rise in urban settings, creating a potential health hazard as well as being a nuisance. In major European cities, noise levels are so high that the majority of urban parks can no longer truly serve as recreational environments, a problem the WHO and the EU are attempting to address. This study explores various strategies that promotethe sustainable development of urban soundscapes at locations meant for rest, recreation, and social interaction. How are people affected by the combined effects of traffic and nature sounds in urban parks? To this end, we adopted a new track – the use of interdisciplinarymethodology – bringing together architectural analysis and artistic experiments, along with psychoacoustic methodology to evaluate aesthetic, emotional, perceptual, and spatial effects. A large-scale case study was conducted at a city park to explore if and how subjects are affected by purposely distributed sounds. The working hypothesis was that it is possible to cancel out traffic noise by affecting aural perceptions using a process known as informational masking. Our long-term objective is to create a scientific foundation for action plans, both pre-emptive and trouble-shooting, targeting parks and other similar public spaces that provide a relaxing environment.
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-
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Akustisk design och hållbar stadsutveckling
- 2011
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In: Ljudmiljö, hälsa och stadsbyggnad. - Lund : Ljudmiljöcentrum vid Lunds universitet. ; , s. 26-36
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-
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Akustisk design och hållbar utveckling
- 2010
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In: Bygg och Teknik. - Stockholm : Förlags AB Bygg & teknik. - 0281-658X .- 2002-8350. ; :3, s. 24-27
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-
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Akustiska stadsplanerare efterlyses
- 2010
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In: Svenska dagbladet. - Stockholm : Svenska dagbladet. - 1101-2412. ; :2010-01-09
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-
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Buller kan lösas med design
- 2013
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In: Arkitekten. - Stockholm : Arkitektförbundet. - 0347-058X. ; :10, s. 20-20
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-
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Kritiken missar målet
- 2010
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In: Svenska dagbladet. - Stockholm : Svenska dagbladet. - 1101-2412. ; :2010-08-29
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959, et al.
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Modelling the shopping soundscape
- 2011
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In: Journal of Sonic Studies. - Leiden : Leiden University Press. - 2212-6252. ; 1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article’s pivotal theme is: “How to compose a site-specific sound-art installation for a commercial space in order to improve conditions, while taking perceptual, social, aesthetical, temporal and spatial criteria into account” The interdisciplinary, art-based research approach is derived from the concept of acousmatics, i.e. the process of apprehending any sound, the source of which is invisible. Acousmatic perception concerns the everyday identification process; when lacking visual contact with the sound source, we automatically seek references, such as social (what produces the sound and what is my relation to it?), aesthetical, spatial and temporal (e.g. orientation and demarcation). The acousmatic concept identifies phenomena based on individually, culturally and spatially conditioned experiences. Today, a shopping culture dominates urban space. Indoor malls expose us to all types of acousmatically perceived sounds: jingles, signals, music and muzak from public loudspeakers, mobile devices, etc. In this respect, one could claim that the soundscape of the shopping culture embodies an acousmatic environment. In 2009, the research and sound-art group Urban Sound Institute (USIT) created a permanent sound installation in a shopping mall (Gallerian) located in downtown Stockholm. This installation serves as a case study for the present paper. The artistic assignment involved the creation of a meeting place without material devices as well as the enhancement of the overall atmosphere. The research objective was to elucidate different qualities of the sound installation in regard to the acousmatics of the shopping mall, promoting discussions on the articulation of sound-space configurations in relation to time and site-specific context, issues on musical-architectural qualities as well as objective, subjective and inter-subjective interrelationships between the experience of the sound-art installation and the experience of the shopping mall soundscape. Other applied, interrelated concepts are metabolic environment and masking- and cutting effects.
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