Turn #Songs into #3D Printed #Sculptures You Can ‘Listen To’ with Reify [#geekgirl]
REIFY 2015 from REIFY NYC on Vimeo.
Since the earliest days of Winamp and other media players with vizualization software that transformed our favorite songs into pulsing animations, we’ve all grown accustomed to “seeing” music on a computer screen. A new company called Reify aims to put those same sound wave interpretations in your hands, as 3d-printed sculptures. Lead by founder and CEO Allison Wood, the team is creating software that turns any snippet of audio—from rock music to spoken poetry—into curious objects 3d-printed from bronze, plastic, or even coconut husk.
You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you’re thinking that you’re leaving there too soon #makeitreal #neilyoung #sugarmountian (at REIFY HQ)
Reify is also creating software that allows you to ‘scan’ the sculptures with your phone to interpret them back into audio. It’s not clear from their concept video if the music is recognizable, but that’s probably not the point. These sound sculptures seem to be more about visual presentation than media like vinyl or a phonograph
Source: Colossal