Soma Sonic : Creating Awareness through Senory Experience

Abstract: With this thesis project I plan to create an embodied and sonic interactive experience. The theoretical basis brings together Somaesthetic Design and Deep Listening practices in the form of a movement based, sound installation. The results of engagement aim to develop awareness and with deep engagement produce a nonduality state. Taking influence from works by David Rokeby, Eliane Radigue, Bernard Leitner and Rian Treanor, this project revolves around the physical navigation of a soundscape with a secondary outcome of increasing awareness along with aiding stress and anxiety. The project also focuses on the importance of sound and its under representation in Interaction Design. The research began with a number of experiments taking cues from the mentioned practices, and to determine the overall effects of certain sounds when coupled with bodily engagement. After analyzing the relevant data the project underscores that the combination of sonic and embodied interaction can lead to positive therapeutic effects.