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iphone/ipad app that translates what the camera sees into sound using luma and chroma values.

""When I'm on location, it's a totally solitary activity. You put some headphones on, and at that moment, nobody can hear the world like you can." Chris Watson is talking to me over Skype from his home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, explaining the details of a soon to be released smartphone app, which contains a cherry-picked collection of his sound recordings made as far back as the 1990s. Many originally appeared on CD (via Touch, who now also have an iPhone app), but Watson is enthusiastic about finding new formats such as this for his work. "The app is going to be used by individuals, and that means there's an individual at either end of the chain," he says. "I like the idea that wherever you are, you can drop into this environment." "

"The SoundObject series captures the auditory component of making the ceramic objects. The work pairs sound and image as the final product. Each element of the project is documented and recorded with an iPhone. The intent is to view it on that scale. "