Photosonics
Photosonics
๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ is a research-led immersive audiovisual installation that sonifies photovoltaic (PV) system behaviour using multi-layer mapping strategies. Hourly data from sunrise to sunset is compressed into musical time, presenting winterโsummer contrast through three sound compositions and three accompanying video works.
The PV dataset is sampled hourly from 05:00 to 17:00, and each hour is compressed into 10 seconds, allowing a whole solar day to unfold in minutes. Five datasetsโPower (W), Global irradiance (W/mยฒ), Panel irradiance (W/mยฒ), Ambient temperature (ยฐC), Cell temperature (ยฐC)โform five parallel layers moving simultaneously. Pitch tracks magnitude across the trilogy, while efficiency is used differently in each piece to shape loudness, timbre, and spatial behaviour.
Three video artists were invited to create accompanying worksโsometimes data-driven, sometimes more interpretiveโextending the translation ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐ โ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ โ image. The installation offers an embodied way of perceiving renewable energy variability: daily envelopes, subtle deviations, and the contrast between winter and summer.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง / ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง / ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ:Dimitris Savva
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ & ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Lazaros Aresti
๐๐ข๐๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ:
Anastasia Melandinou
Giorgos Stylianou
Artemis Evlogimenou
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ: Image โ Artemis Evlogimenou | Design โ Anastasia Melandinou
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ was developed within the research project
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
(Cyprus University of Technology โ Internal Interdisciplinary Research Programme (IRP), Team Funding).
๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ: Dimitris Savva, Lazaros Aresti
๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง/๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ: Asst. Prof. Marinos Koutsomichalis, Asst. Prof. Doros Polydorou, Asst. Prof. Paul Christodoulides
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