Sonification Strategies for the Film Rhythms of the Universe
Abstract
Design strategies are discussed for sonifications that were
created for the short film Rhythms of the Universe, which was
conceived by a cosmologist and a musician, with multi-media
contributions from a number of artists and scientists.
Sonification functions as an engagement factor in this scientific
outreach project, along with narration, music, and visualization.
This paper describes how the sonifications were created from
datasets describing pulsars, the planetary orbits, gravitational
waves, nodal patterns in the sun’s surface, solar winds,
extragalactic background light, and cosmic microwave
background radiation.