The piece reset.discover is an artistic research collaboration of composer Antonia Manhartsberger and computational designer Constantinos Miltiadis, pursued to explore possibilities of uniting spatial-visual and spatial-sonic elements into one consistent spatiotemporal whole.

The piece consists two counterparts: an electronic music composition for spatial audio, and a interactive virtual environment for VR. The composition features abstract sonic environments and moving sound objects organized in three categories: ambient-environmental, sound-object-events, and gestures. These are correlated to physical-visual objects in the spatial simulation of the 3D virtual environment, sequenced to follow the behavior of their sonic doubles. Participants enter the piece using a VR headset which allows to experience the piece interactively by exploring different perspectives into its spatial-visual (interactive stereoscopic VR) and spatial-aural (interactive binaural audio) dimensions.

The piece is discussed further in the thesis of Antonia Manhartsberger titled “Das soziopolitische Potential von Raummusik im Angesicht zeitgenössischer Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten”, presented at IEM in June 2018.

Exhibitions

• First presented at the CUBE Concert, Institute of Electronic Music (IEM), University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. January 31 2018.
• Exhibited at the Orpheum Extra, part of the Arts Programme, at Elevate 2019 festival. March 2 2019.

Credits

• Antonia Manhartsberger: Concept and spatial audio composition
• Constantinos Miltiadis: Concept and virtual environment programming