A HAPTIC VISUALIZATION OF RICHARD WAGNER’S ‚RHEINGOLD‘ (OVERTURE)
BY BENEDIKT KAUL
A PROTOTYPE REPRESENTING MUSIC AS ACOUSTIC INFORMATION: BOTH HAPTICALLY AND VISUALLY. THE FOUR MINUTE LASTING AUDIO TRACK WAS CONVERTED INTO A MORE GRAPHIC TRACK. ORIGINALLY THIS SCHOULD YIELD A CUBE BUT IT ARISED THREE CONTOURS, ONE FOR EACH DIMENSION. WOOD (WALNUT) WAS USED AS THE MATERIAL.