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Virtual Field Trip Grant:
Experiential Differences in Virtual vs. Physical Outdoor Sound Installations

Inner Transmissions



The VR installation may also be viewed on Mac or Windows as a desktop application
Installation audio can be listened to in isolation opens a new tab here
GitHub repository can be viewed opens a new tab here
Conference paper can be viewed opens a new tab here (as well as the accompanying opens a new tab poster)



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Program Note

What does it sound like to listen to an entire world? What would our own world sound like from afar, covered in satellites and cables? Within each sculpture is another universe, one maybe very similar to our own or maybe drastically different, governed by unfamiliar forces and energies. Inner Transmissions invites listeners into the galaxies hidden within the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden.



The Thinker sculpture at night, lit from below with trees in the background tall thin wooden totem pole-like sculpture at night, lit from below with trees all around the artist explaining the installation to a listener wearing headphones connected to a small radio and looking at a paper program
central area of the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden: a sea of twisted trees and tall wooden sculptures intermingling, bright against the night sky the artist and a listener looking together at a program, the sculpture garden and other listeners walking around in the background the artist leaning over a spread of various radios, flashlights, and headphones, surrounded by plants
a close-up of the garden map on the program, with dark lines for paths, small icons for each sounding sculpture, and other points of interest in light grey listener approaching a tall wooden sculpture, wearing headphones and pointing his flashlight at a program, dark trees and the nearby street in the background two listeners near a crocodile-shaped bench, both with headphones on, one squatting with her flashlight pointed at the radio transmitter under the crocodile's head, the other standing with a somewhat shocked expression
the twisting branches of pine trees intermingle with tall, leaning wooden sculptures, bright against the night sky central area of the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, two listeners standing amongst the array of tall wooden sculptures lit brightly against the night two listeners near a crocodile-shaped bench, both with headphones on, one squatting with a radio receiver and program in her hands, the other standing and shining his flashlight towards the crocodile's head stone ledge with electric lantern lighting up a blue folder, headphones connected to radio receivers attached to flashlights, and paper with a QR code and the text Visit the virtual installation and program notes here


Acknowledgments

Thank you to the opens a new tab Stanford Accelerator for Learning for funding this project. Special thanks as well to the opens a new tab VR Lab at opens a new tab CCRMA for the feedback and moral support, and thank you to the artists of the Papua New Guinea sculpture garden for their inspiring work: Membor Apokiom, Teddy Balangu, David Kapa Kaipuk, Yati Latai, Yarume Mambegawi, Kwospi Marek, Simon Gambulo Marmos, Naui Saunambui, Jo Mare Wakundi, David Yamanapi, and Gutok Yantaka.

Audio & data sources

opens a new tab Radio Maria, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
opens a new tab NBC News PNG, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
opens a new tab Nau FM, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
ATC archives from opens a new tab LiveATC.net, for UNNT (Novosibirsk, Russia), VMMC (Taipa, China), VTBS (Bangkok, Thailand), WBKK (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia), WBKS (Sandakan, Malaysia), WMKB (Penang, Malaysia), and YBCS (Cairns, Australia)
opens a new tab GIS data courtesy of June Choi, Ph.D. candidate


Unity asset sources

opens a new tab Flashlight
opens a new tab Ground material
opens a new tab Sky material
opens a new tab Benches
opens a new tab Cloud texture
opens a new tab Hands
opens a new tab Palm trees
opens a new tab Conifers
opens a new tab Other foliage