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Abstract:  In this talk we explore various designs and boundaries of hearing information in the form of music and sound. Information designs for ACE, Cluster, STEREO/SDO, Odyssey. iBEX, Hubble as well as data from the Sun-2-Ice program will be examined and compared. The designs have evolved over 25 years of exploration by Design Rhythmics Sonification Research Lab with application especially to the visually impaired community. We will also premier a new exhibit for the National Center for Atmospheric Research  featuring global climate change data sonification of 21 variables.
 

Marty Quinn is a computer scientist, composer, drummer, artist, evolving dancer and sonification researcher specializing in transforming scientific data into music. He has won three NASA grants related to improving accessibility of data and imagery for the visually impaired and is the creator of “Walk on the Sun” interactive image sonification exhibit and “MoveMusic” technology. In 2008, five of Marty’s original PolyVisuals artworks premiered at the Selby Gallery, in Sarasota, Florida. He received his Masters in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire and is an external affiliated faculty at the Center for the Environment at Plymouth State University. In addition, he is involved in producing new exhiibits, dance and theatre works with his wife and creative partner, Wendy Quinn. In 2015, they opened two exhibits at the Aquarium of the Pacific which turn the movements of jellyfish into music. He is currently working on a new exhibit "Hear the Future: Touch the Climate Change" for the National Center for Atmospheric Research.