Abstract
Keywords:
Voice of Weather, Atmospheric Embodiment, Bio- Meteorology, Envelopment, Immersion, Otoacoustic Emissions
This article explores the perception of atmospheric processes, focusing on environmental sound as a communicative medium. It delves into the concept of a voice of the weather and examines the complexities of climate, atmospheres, and weather patterns. This study is oriented toward an embodied listening of the weather, departing from ideas related to a hypersensitivity to atmospheric conditions. The article also grounds Atmospheric Embodiment through a relationship between the surrounding weather, envelopment, and immersion, particularly in the context of music and sound. In parallel, it reviews Otoacoustic Emissions within the framework of composing embodied music, considering potential connections with environmental sound. Drawing from these diverse disciplines, the article proposes a work in progress-media artwork that collects these notions to experience an Atmospheric Embodiment, culminating in the creation of an installation based on Otoacoustic Emissions and environmental sound. This novel approach aims to attune individuals to the nuanced expressions constituting the voice of the weather.
- Juan Carlos Duarte Regino is a Mexican artist-researcher and a current Ph.D. candidate at Aalto University in Finland. He has BA in Audiovisual Communication from U. Claustro de Sor Juana and a Master of Arts in New Media, Design, and Production from Aalto, Duarte Regino has collected vast experiences in sound design, interactive technologies, and media research. His work revolves around the symbiotic relationship between nature and technology, particularly through environmental sound. His work has been presented at media art venues such as the International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Paris, France, the Media Art Histories conference in Venice, Italy, the World Forum of Acoustic Ecology in Florida, USA, Xcoax in Weimar, Germany, New Interfaces for Music Expression in Mexico City, and the International Symposium on Ubiquitous Music in Ulster, Ireland. Duarte Regino held a solo exhibition titled ”Augury” at the RIXC gallery in Riga, Latvia, in mid-2023. Duarte Regino has undertaken artists’ residencies at the Lofoten Sound Art Symposium in Norway, Binaural-Nodar in Portugal, IAMAS in Japan, and the Ujazdowski Center for Contemporary Arts in Warsaw, Poland. In addition, he has collaborated independently with studios and artists, including AGF, IC98, and others. His artistic work has been showcased at events and venues, including the CTM Festival, Spiral Gallery, Pixelache Festival, Hai Art, RIXC, Media Art Histories, ISEA, Goethe Institute – Beijing, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Zürich, and Media Lab Matadero. Through these presentations, Duarte Regino consistently engages into thoughtful discussions about the intersection of art, nature, and technology.