‘KIA/SOUNDSCAPES’
CONVERTING DATA FROM THE ADAS-SENSORS INTO SOUND/MUSIC..
SOUNDSCAPES PROJECT: GROTESK.GROUP CONTRIBUTED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO A COLLABORATIVE PROTOTYPE INITIATIVE WITH KIA AND INNOCEAN BERLIN. THE PROJECT UTILIZED A KIA EV9, LEVERAGING ITS INTEGRATED ADAS SENSOR ARRAYS FOR REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACQUISITION. GROTESK.GROUP PROVIDED CREATIVE CODING STRATEGIES TO CAPTURE AND PROCESS THE RAW SENSOR DATA STREAM PERTAINING TO SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE TOPOGRAPHY AND OBJECTS. THIS DIGITAL INPUT WAS THEN SUBJECTED TO ACOUSTIC TRANSLATION VIA THE ONBOARD SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND SOUND DESIGN PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DA HOUSE.
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO CONVERT COMPLEX SENSOR READOUTS INTO A SONIFIED REPRESENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CREATING AN AUDITORY PERCEPTION LAYER FOR PASSENGERS BY TRANSFORMING ADAS DATA INTO MUSICAL OUTPUT.