Sonic and visual elements can be tuned to produce well-being in a specific person

Evidence

Several performers develop ways through subjective and objective testing to express what tone or sound, or combination of tones or sounds as well as a color or colors, masks and costumes is most beneficial for a particular person. Beneficial means that which produces a feeling of well-being in a person. The performers demonstrate an inviting process to the audience. … Individual audience members are invited to participate in a way facilitated by the performers, which results in an orchestration of individual portraits enhanced by sound, special lighting, masks and costumes in a gradually changing tableaux. β€” Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 373

Categorization

  • SEED: A performance-installation concept: personalized sound-and-color portraits selected through testing β€” a strong workshop or participatory art piece for sound practitioners.
  • FICTION: An installation where each audience member receives a bespoke sonic-visual portrait could anchor a story about identity rendered through sensory tuning.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim β€” Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 373
  • XREF: connects to: A perfected sensory object can reorder a dulled inner life β€” Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1068; Focused attention on a single tone can shift emotional and bodily state β€” Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 47; Individuals can take practical steps now to improve their condition (+2 more)

Broader Connections