Study in three phases: An Adaptive Sound Installation

Study in three phases is an adaptive site-specific sound installation that includes 22 solenoids placed on metallic arches that surround visitors and react to environmental perturbations, creating a selfregulating soundscape of metallic hits that serves to renew the visitors' acoustic perspective. Adaptivity is a crucial aspect of the work: Similar perturbations will not generally cause similar reactions from the installation based on past interactions, thus allowing evolution over time to play a key role artistically and technically. This article discusses the author's position on adaptivity in music interaction and composition and reports on the technical and artistic aspects of the installation.