John Brownlee

An Incredible Canine Cacophony

The Canine Cacophony is a proposed addition to the Washington Square Park Dog Run in Manhattan, in which the movements of dogs will be translated into music. Think of it as Canine John Cage. 3 types of “packs” would be available for owners to put on their pets: for small, medium, and large dogs. Each […]
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The Canine Cacophony is a proposed addition to the Washington Square Park Dog Run in Manhattan, in which the movements of dogs will be translated into music. Think of it as Canine John Cage.

3 types of "packs" would be available for owners to put on their pets: for small, medium, and large dogs. Each will be equipped with a Ubisense location aware sensor, a battery pack, (and awireless microphone?).

The sounds will relate to 4 factors: the size of the dog, their speed, dogs spatial relationship to one another and their location within space along x and y coordinates. The initial element defining the dog park in Canine Cacophony would obviously be the sound, but what will ultimately connect the sounds to the dogs is the activity in the run. Movement is the sole determinant in translating and producing aural information.

Just in case you were worried that hundreds of braying dogs rushing through the park wouldn't be loud enough.

Canine Cacophony [WMMNA]