“Perception, in whatever sensory modality, is the result of the brain’s cartographic skill.” Antonio Dimasio

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• The behavior of all particles is contingent on the presence of a conscious observer.
• Our internal and external perceptions are inextricably connected.
• Reality is the perpetual enfolding/unfolding of autopoiesis (self-making), in relationship with others and our environment.

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Handy Ears is a piece of apparatus to enhance the wearer’s hearing. Casts of Ralph Borland’s hands, rendered in silicon rubber by special effects and prosthetics fabricator Tristan Versluis, cup the wearer’s ears to amplify and direct sound. So far the project is at the prototype stage. Borland’s been calling them ‘EarShots’. Stay tuned.

http://ralphborland.net/handyears/

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Image: Bjork performing “Biophilia,” a new multimedia work, at the Manchester International Festival in England

The songs on Biophilia — Bjork’s new album — will also be released as apps — one for each song, to be sold as modules in a larger app for the entire album — for the iPad and iPhone. (The developers have not yet decided whether to reprogram the apps for Android devices.) Along with animated graphics, some of which were shown on overhead video screens during the concert, the apps hold not only detailed analysis of the songs — including both conventional and newly devised music notation — but also gamelike excursions through the music, visions of scientific phenomena and the potential to be used as musical instruments themselves. A listener can hear a song, see its structure, play along or completely disassemble some songs and turn their components into something new.

Thanks to John Parales @ the nytimes.com.

The Location-Based Mobile Music App Explosion, A Survey by Antony Bruno, Denver :: March 25, 2011 :: thanks to billboard.biz

Adding location awareness to music apps is fast becoming a major mobile trend, as is evident by a rash of new mobile music apps hitting app stores of late.

Use of location technology is taking many forms. Many, if not most, are designed to let users tag a location with a song. The result can be a localized, crowdsourced playlist, add context to the discovery of a new song or even be used as a way to find concerts and live shows. Other apps flip it around a bit by letting users in the same area determine what the venue should play.

Here are some of the apps available today that blend music with location:

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