Projects
Sonic Obscura
Sonic Obscura
Exploring the use of spacial audio inside a pinhole camera obscura to enhance interactive experiences.
As a photographic artist I use pinhole cameras as a tool for close study of the natural world. I also construct pinhole camera obscura - spaces that people can go into to experience directly the magic of analogue projected imagery which is formed only by light passing through a tiny (pin) hole.
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£5,000
Aims of the project
I wish to explore how spatial audio can combine/enhance/augment the analogue projected imagery inside a camera obscura? How can audio cues or responses facilitate greater engagement with analogue projected images through multi-sensory interactions?
I see great value in people interacting with my work beyond viewing a series of images in a gallery or online. For example when manipulating analogue projections by touching and moving a fabric screen inside my obscura people can make the artwork their own. As an intentionally analogue photographer using basic pinhole cameras I am not drawn to the use of technology for technology’s sake. However I see the use of audio as a non intrusive way to use technology to enhance the interactive elements of work.
Nils Aksnes
Lead Artist
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Nils Aksnes (b. 1987, Salisbury) is a designer, maker and photographic artist living and working on the west coast of Argyll, Scotland. He uses analogue pinhole cameras as a tool for close study of this coastal landscape. His work explores environmental change and draws on found objects and natural materials.
Although they are very simple devices, pinhole cameras are capable of creating beautifully complex images. Nils plays with this simplicity and combines movement, masks and multiple exposures to construct multi-layered images.
Nils also constructs camera obscura, enabling people to experience directly the magic of analogue projected imagery which is formed only by light passing through a tiny (pin) hole.
