Acoustic Mirrors – From Sound to Tangibility, my master’s dissertation, explores the intersection of computation, sound, image, and aesthetics through the creation of an interactive audiovisual installation. The research is inspired by the Acoustic Mirrors — British concrete devices from the early 20th century designed to detect distant sounds from enemy aircraft. The work explores how algorithmic sound generation and auditory perception can be harnessed to create spatial and tangible experiences. It combines artistic inquiry with scientific evaluation, bridging historical sound technologies and contemporary computational art to propose new ways of experiencing sound beyond the visual dominance of modern media.
João Carvalho Neves





This dissertation was supervised by Artur Rebelo, Pedro Martins and Amílcar Cardoso.
You can access the dissertation
here.
University of Coimbra, 2024