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Blooming Symphonies Installation (NYU IDM 2025)
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Blooming Symphonies is an interactive soundscape that invites audiences to ground themselves in nature through a fusion of emerging technology and media.
A combination of flowers and fossils serve as interactive buttons that alter the visual soundscape through TouchDesigner and StreamDiffusion. These physical elements are connected to a conductive MIDI player, allowing audiences to touch the flowers and trigger four distinct visual sounds.
As part of the final project for the Interaction Design Studio at the NYU IDM program, this project marks a full-circle moment for me. Blooming Symphonies serves as a symbol of growth and the creative process.
The fossil I used, specifically an ammonite, was a gift I received before moving to New York to begin my journey in this graduate program. I remember feeling both anxious and excited about my move, with no idea where my journey would take me.
Blooming Symphonies allowed me to reconnect with my roots and the beginning of my journey, reminding me of the perseverance and playfulness I embraced when I started my graduate studies. This ammonite symbolizes the cycle of rebirth as my first year at NYU IDM concludes with this project, and as I head back to San Francisco for the summer.
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