Capturing Sounds in a Shrinking WorldProducing An Aesthetics Generating Machine

“The World Jukebox”

David Leonnig Assignment 4: Aesthetics Artifact MachineATEC 6331 Aesthetics of Interactive Arts

For Centuries, Capturing the World’s Essence. . .

Was All About Being There

Leif Ericson

www.Scandinavia.com/culture/history/vinland.htm

Was All About Being There

Marco Polo

Was All About Being There

Albert Schweitzer

www.afterimagegallery.com/smithprints.htm

Sounds Have Been Recorded Since the 19th Century

Thomas A. Edison

http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/

Meaningful Cultural Artifacts Arrived Soon After

John and Alan Lomax

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/americansouth/sound/Leadbelly-Midnight%20Specialedit.mp3

Worldwide Natural Sounds Proliferate

Dr. Bernie Krause:Wild Sanctuary

http://earth.wildsanctuary.com/

…and Computers Across the Globe Make it Possible

Museum of the Person

Our Stories: Listen, Learn, Live (affiliated with Story Corps)http://www.ourstories.org/

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1069348599554557942

Museums Exist Only For Personal Stories

More Children Use Laptops in Developing Countries

One Laptop Per Child

Self-Contained Learning

Tools

Self-Recording Ability

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSgQEKAZFqs

http://laptop.org/en/

Globally, More Children and Adults Have Cell Phones

Distance Learning

Interactivity

Self-Recording Ability

http://www.hastac.org/node/1881

The World Jukebox - Accessible from Any Handheld

Works Via Cellular or Internet Service

Real Time Updates from Global Locations

Only Available to Developing Nations

The World Jukebox - Artifacts Generated

Local Stories, Songs, Rituals Music - Repository by Country

Use Limited to Those Attending Schools

Each Upload Limited to 3 minute

The World Jukebox - The Output

User generated content from innocents

Stories organically developed without outside intervention

Authentic communications and cultural artifacts

The World Jukebox May Someday Look Like This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)