Intervention result

In order to visualise the intervention into the site I took video of the intervention and then edited it down to show the successful results where the intervention cause reactions in the passers-by, as well as including evidence of the physical intervention. In order to visualise the intervention working I first considered visualing the sound itself using circles or lines to show the location and range of the sound. However I felt that this did not relate enough to the focus of the video as it did not highlight the reactions of the people. Therefore I decided that it would be good to visualise the sound in a way that would seem to be attracting their attention. This led me to the concept of the sound reaching out and taking hold of the people who were affected by the sound. I then used After Effects to put the visualisation over the video. The following is the final result of my intervention project:

This visualisation uses lines and glow features to highlight both the source of the sound and its way of reaching out to people. These features also disappear as people walk away as this resembles the attention being lost and therefore the intervention intervening less in the space. This visualisation seems to give the sound life as it shows it changing and reacting in ways relevant to its surroundings.

Ultimately this intervention was both successful and unsuccessful. I did obtain reactions and therefore the sound did intervene with the people and the space. However there were also a lot of times in which the sound did not have an effect, specifically when I used more environmental sounds. If these had been louder and therefore more obvious I may have had more success with them, but as it was these did not acheive the desired effect. However the reactions I did have were as expected and so the intervention that did occur still worked as intended.