Author: Dorian Janezic

Thesis update & user testing

Conceptual update Last week I’ve started to read The Great Animal Orchestra by: Bernie Krause, and it reinforced me with new knowledge about natural soundscapes and the source of musical inspiration for modern societies. Bioacoustics are also a strong indicator for analyzing the overall health…

23/03 Progress

Technical progress After my final thesis proposal last Sunday, I’ve shifted gears and started developing technical competences for my project. First I have set up a diagram for my understanding what kind of a system would I need to collect various sensors data and store…

Thesis proposal draft

Thesis question:  How do audio streaming platforms / internet infrastructure change the perception of music in modern culture? How can technology aid a collaborative design process / form new relationships / interactions that are shared in a physical space?   What? The form I would…

Re-search

This week I’ve conducted a research for my thesis on websites listed below: NYU Library Google Scholar Research Gate, In 1st day of my research I was interested in musical infrastructure and how it has changed throughout 20th century and 21st century. On NYU Library…

Cornell Box

For the Cornell Box assignment I wanted to deepen my field of interest and create something that could serve as an installation on a bigger scale. After some reading of the book: The World of Marcel Duchamp I became intrigued by the conceptual and plastics…

Experiment

Thanks to brainswarm technique I have been able to generate some possible outputs that are answering the question: how to connect physical and digital world through audio streaming platforms? I’ve been exploring how does a user interact with an audio streaming platform and my conclusions…

Meeting with Andrew

On Wednesday 17th of February I met with Andrew to discuss my potential thesis questions, how did audio streaming platforms change the behavior of the society and how to give a piece of music that lives online a tangible form? I’ve expressed my concern about…