Outside our visible spectrum of light, there is a very big area of electromagnetic radiation. Scientifically, that is also light, as it consists of photons. The most dangerous part for the human being: gamma rays. They are characterized by a very small wavelength and permeate almost all materials on earth. We cannot see them and generally only notice them when they are linked to radioactivity; for example, when we deal with the consequences of atomic bombs and nuclear accidents in power plants. In this project I don’t want to downplay the dramatic effects of being exposed to this radiation but I want to help people understand it better. Therefore, I used the principle of sonification to make live measurements of monitoring stations in Japan “audible.”
Biography:
Michaela Lautenschlager (b. 1988) first studied landscape architecture at the Technical University of Munich and the Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. After an apprenticeship as graphic designer at a creative agency in Nuremberg, Germany she became interested in interactive design and started studying communications design at the University of Applied Sciences in Würzburg in 2016. She specializes in interactive media and exhibition/spatial design.
