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binaudios

source: dominicwilcox

Born. Sunderland, UK
Education. Royal College of Art (MA), Edinburgh College of Art (BA)
Based. London, UK

Dominic Wilcox is a British artist and designer who creates innovative objects, drawings and installations. In 2002 he graduated from Ron Arad’s renowned Design Products course at the Royal College of Art and has gone on to develop an international reputation for his diverse range of original and creative work.

Through his drawings and objects he aims to place a spotlight on the banal; adding a new, surprising perspective on the everyday. Recent projects include the design of a pair of shoes with inbuilt GPS to guide the wearer home, a race against a 3D Printer at the V&A and a 10″ vinyl record called Sounds of Making in East London.

Designer Thomas Heatherwick had this to say on Wilcox’s invention drawings, “Dominic Wilcox’s drawings aren’t just witty and beautifully drawn, they are serious challenges to the real world to keep looking at itself with innocent eyes, wondering what else is possible.”

In 2009 he started a Webby award nominated blog called Variations on Normal where he shows his sketchbook inventions and observations. He has received commissions from a diverse range of individuals and organisations such as super model Helena Christensen, Nike, Jaffa Cakes, Paul Smith, Selfridges, The V&A museum and the Design Museum.

“I’ve convinced myself that within everything that surrounds us, there are hundreds of ideas and connections waiting to be found. We just need to look hard enough. Some of my ideas develop from observations on human behaviour and I express them through the objects I create. I also experiment with materials to try to find surprises that can’t be found simply by thinking with a pen or computer.” Dominic Wilcox
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source: dezeen

London designer Dominic Wilcox has created a giant pair of audio binoculars that allows users to “listen” to – rather than see – places around Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

Working with creative technologist James Rutherford, Wilcox took a pair of tourist binoculars as the starting point for creating the Binaudios device.

The device looks like a giant pair of binoculars that rotate from a fixed column, but the eyepieces connect to the user’s ears so they can hear sounds recorded at locations in the distance.

Binaudios use a Raspberry Pi computing unit and rotating ‘listening cones’ to convert orientation into a soundscape, revealing the locations’ distinct sounds. The device was installed in Foster + Partner’s The Sage Gateshead music performance centre above the River Tyne last week.

“The venue we had been given is used for music and sound performances, so we wanted to create something involving audio,” said Wilcox. “The view across the river is spectacular and the idea for these Binaudios emerged.”

Binaudios can be pointed at 50 different locations outside the building’s glass facade, some in view and others beyond the skyline. Each is pinpointed on a floor map in front of the device.

“As the Binaudios are rotated the stereo sounds move from one ear to the other creating a real feeling of listening to the city across the river,” said Wilcox.

Sounds captured from across the city are used alongside historical clips, each coded to activate when the Binaudios point to the area they were originally recorded in.

“Turn the giant listening cones toward the football stadium to hear the crowd chanting or to the Tyne Bridge to hear King George V’s speech when he opened the bridge in 1928,” explained Wilcox. “Point it toward the park to listen to sounds such as skateboarders and local tennis players.”

“As the Binaudios are turned each sound merges with the sound next to it, like a DJ soundscape of previously unconnected things,” Wilcox said.

“The train station sound fades into the sound of a street performer followed by road works then a local primary school children singing,” he added.
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source: laboralcentrodearteorg
Dominic Wilcox nació en el Reino Unido. Mientras estudiaba en el Edinburgh College of Art, Wilcox creó una colección compuesta por objetos cotidianos como una cama, un columpio o una jaula. Al finalizar sus estudios pasó un año en Japón antes de regresar al Reino Unido para cursar un master en el Royal College of Art. Durante estos dos años de intenso debate crítico y experimentación creativa, desarrolló una serie de objetos como el War Bowl, las Honesty Stamps o The Glove. Finalizado el master, se asoció con su colega de estudios, Steve Mosley, para formar el grupo Mosley Meets Wilcox (MMW). Uno de los principales proyectos de MMW fue una colaboración con el fotógrafo Mick Rock, que dio paso a una colección de objetos expuestos en septiembre de 2004. Más adelante comercializaron una edición limitada que se vendió en exclusiva en las tiendas Paul Smith de todo el mundo. En 2006 Wilcox emprendió su carrera en solitario y actualmente trabaja en el desarrollo de nuevas obras, experimentos e ideas.