Acoustic Sun is a form of visual art produced manually by applying digital signal processing techniques to a field recording of Yasuní National park soundscape. This unique shape resembles the sun, and is formed by a myriad of sounds produced by animals living in the most biodiverse place on earth. Usually, researchers use time-frequency visualization tools to observe the energy content in soundscape analysis. Andrés Estrella Terneux developed a process to create ecoacustic visual art while looking for ways to quickly visualize tropical soundscapes. During this effort, he discovered unique symmetric shapes that occur in undisturbed tropical soundscapes.
Very few undisturbed soundscapes still exist in the world. The current pace at which humanity pollutes the acoustic environment is a threath, not only to the species that rely on sound to reproduce, but to the ecosystem as a whole. If the pace of destruction remains unchallenged, the natural symmetry that is apparent in this visuals will become a thing of the past. We aim to change that, and help preserve the beauty of nature by applying state-of-the-art artificial intelligence algorithms in the field of audio signal processing and ecoacoustics. Andesonic specializes in algorithm development and field recording for research in automatic analysis and wildlife monitoring focused on conservation.
The ecoacoustic visuals are produced using pure natural sounds recorded in Yasuní National Park. No human made sounds are included in the production of the acoustic visuals.
For more check out the ecoacoustics visual art gallery.
