Monthly Archives: January 2012

As the mediation of technology in everyday life becomes more prevalent we find ourselves in a constant state of distraction, refocusing our attention away from the physical and fixed on a virtual screen-based world.

Our immediate environment is becoming secondary to a global communicative reach, meaning a pocket-sized device may have more influence on our interactions with people and space than the space itself.

Starting with Lefebvre’s technique of Rhythmanalysis an understanding of the temporal, spatial, and social rhythms of particular spaces will gain significance towards the ways in which we can reassert a focus onto our immediate surroundings.

With a specific focus on sound, this thesis attempts to disrupt these everyday rhythms in order to insert an element of surprise and confusion to an otherwise repetitious task. This disruption will break the everyday cycles of moving through space either mindlessly or focused on a screen rather than the surrounding place as it draws attention to the physical elements of interaction (doors, railings, stairs, etc.).