Talk:Information Music
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- music has since quite a while been used to convey information (see Sonification report by ICAD 1997)
- the article looks a bit like advertizing and coining a brand name. It should be clear what is the state of the art and what is a project name.
- in order to use the "left-right brain hemisphere" explanation would require scientific reference. The was it is talked about here seems unscientific.
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Traditional complex system monitoring tools are “foreground” instruments. They present an operator with an environment that is predisposed to the decomposition and analysis of information. This is predominantly a left brain approach to information processing. While it is good for responding to events, it is less adept at anticipating situational developments. By presenting information in sound – as a background activity - iSIC is exploiting the processing abilities of the right brain where synergy and synthesis take place.
Sound, especially music is processed in the right brain which is responsible for pattern recognition and takes a holistic view of information. To this end, iSIC deliberately constrains its acoustical representations to operate within the rules of musicality. Any pattern expressed through sound has at very least a primitive musicality. iSIC is designed to highlight spatial and temporal patterns. Because iSIC sounds musical it can be introduced into most environments without disturbance, annoyance or fatigue.
