ideoforms - Phantom Terrains data walk: BBC Broadcasting House

Oct 2017

Marc Wathieu added this track to Field Recording

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Sound recording of a data walk made with the Phantom Terrains platform, sonifying the hidden landscapes of wireless networks.
The sound of each network is heard originating from the router's geographical location, producing clicks whose frequency rises with the signal strength — akin to a layered series of Geiger counters. Routers with particularly strong signals "sing" their network name (SSID), with pitch corresponding to the broadcast channel, and a lower sound denoting the network's security mode.
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