Live streaming from my phone has become a newfound joy of mine, in class we were introduced to the Locus Sonus app and associated soundmap and I feel like I’ve found an incredible newfound hobby. For such a long time I’ve been very interested in art and technology that is accessible to almost anyone, when I was younger I was fascinated by things like CB radios and telescopes, while they may seem unconnected I feel that they are both about extending your reach, with a telescope you can see things much further way, it extends the usual human eyesight, with the CB radio it allows you to hear and speak to people miles away, extending the distance the human ear can comprehend words and extending ones own voice further than it can normally be carried. Art for me is about making a mark, about extending beyond ones own limits, and the easiest most accessible way to do this is always the most exciting to me, (see my post about Darsha Hewitt’s Disco LED Hack). I could never afford a CB radio, and I only ever got a telescope because a neighbor was moving out and gifted it to me, so things like the Locus Sonus sound project is extremely exciting for me, all it requires is a phone and computer (something which many people have in the modern age) and you can tell the world what you hear in your daily life, if you like you can talk or do some kind of performance, but your reach is extended on a global scale.
I want to explore this particular project further and on the Locus website I noticed that there is an option to stream from a raspberry pi, and so now a new project I’m very interested in trying out is setting up my usb mic and my raspberry pi 1.0 I’ve had since I was 15 or so to stream onto the Locus soundmap. It’s been gathering dust and for a long time I was desperately thinking of a way I could use it in some art piece and then this came along and now I feel like a 24/7 (at least until I need my mic) stream would be a fantastic use.