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First presented at the 2004, Milan Furniture Fair, the collaborative, interactive, aural system Sonic Garden uses a cluster of cushy, comforting, vaguely weeble-shaped blobs to invite user participation and creation. Developed by Inbal Gil and Roy Roth, music emerges from the installation as users move each piece of furniture, adding to the overall soundtrack as they sit on the blobs or move them. The composition becomes more elaborate as more people use the garden, and eventually fades back into a single audio channel as people leave the area.
While originally created to appear as part of a forest of interactive structures, each blob can function separately. Individual pieces can be integrated into home audio system, and serve as “sculptural kinetic” art and furniture.
. Historian Shae Davidson's research interests include public policy and the relationship between culture and civil society. His publications range from articles on industrial history to absurdist poetry.
