▸ Sonic UX Research Lab · Art Projects

Work that makes noise.

Some art projects — generative pieces, playable artefacts, and experiments where the sound is part of the work rather than the wrapping. Some are finished pieces, some are prototypes.

Sonic Terrarium

Sonic Terrarium

Sonic Terrarium

An sound experiment to build a sonic terrarium: Run it ambient or actively try to make things grow. Use your mic or demo track.

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Sonic Fossilizer

Sonic Fossilizer

Sonic Fossilizer

An sound experiment to build a sonic fossilizer you can interact with to produce a collectible fossil.

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Sonic City

Sonic City

Sonic City

Taking submission! What will the city of the future sound like? Interactive city where you can leave a sound

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Seeded Plucks — generative score drawn from a seed

Seeded Plucks

Generative · v4.0

Generative sound art piece, Asian flavour. One seed produces one piece: the same marks, the same notes, in the same order, every time. The seed lives in the URL, so a piece is a link you can send.

Draw a piece →
House Choir — ten household appliances tuned as an ensemble

House Choir

Generative

Ten household things, each with a voice and a schedule, all talking over each other. What would a home sound like if the appliances were tuned as an ensemble?

Run it →
Sonic Colony — a colony is one family of voices. Outsiders drift in. Decide who belongs and who doesn't — by ear. Absorb one and its voice joins the breeding pool.

Sonic Colony

Game · prototype

A colony is one family of voices. Outsiders drift in. Decide who belongs and who doesn't — by ear. Absorb one and its voice joins the breeding pool.

Start a colony →
Song Spider

The Song Spider

The Song Spider

A composition instrument where you control the strings that get plucked by dropping fies.

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Speculative sonic artefacts

Devices that were drawn rather than built — images and briefs, nothing that runs. See the artefacts →

🎧 Get in touch

Several of these are still in testing, and most can be used for teaching or workshops. Get in touch.