Viola Rühse (University for Continuing Education Krems)
Sound patterns and voice figures – An analysis of selected sound visualisations in the 18th and 19th century from the perspective of “Bildwissenschaft” (image science)
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Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827)
- Entdeckungen über die Theorie des Klanges [Discoveries on the Theory of Sound], Weidmanns Erben und Reich, Leipzig 1787
- Die Akustik [Acoustics], Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1802
Further materials on the Chladni patterns:
- Singing Plates video by Dianna Cowern on the Physics Girl YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYoxOJDrZzw
- Formation of Standing Waves, The Physics Classroom, https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/waves/Lesson-4/Formation-of-Standing-Waves
Margaret (Megan) Watts Hughes (1842-1907)
- Margaret Watts Hughes, The Eidophone Voice Figures. Geometrical and Natural Forms produced by Vibrations of the Human Voice, 2nd edition, London: Christian Herald Company Ltd. 1904.
Secondary literature on Watts Hughes' voice figures:
Rob Mulender, Divine agency. Bringing to light the voice figures of Margaret Watts-Hughes, SoundEffects, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, https://www.soundeffects.dk/article/download/115031/163423/236930
Rob Mullender-Ross, Picturing a Voice. Margaret Watts Hughes and the Eidophone, The Public Domain Review, November 27, 2019, https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-a-voice-margaret-watts-hughes-and-the-eidophone
Anca-Simona Horvath’s and Viola Rühse’s research on the Chladni patterns:
- Anca-Simona Horvath, Viola Rühse, Chladni Patterns Gone 3D. Computational Design and Digital Fabrication Methods for Producing Sound-Informed Geometries, Howard Griffin, Connections: Exploring Heritage, Architecture, Cities, Art, Media,: Part II 316-326, AMPS Proceedings Series 2021, http://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Amps-Proceedings-Series-20.2.pdf
- Viola Rühse, Anca-Simona Horvath, Visualizing Sound Waves – Complex Media Art and Chladni Patterns, CIHA Congress Proceedings 2022, Sao Paulo 2023 (forthcoming)
- Anca-Simona Horvath, Viola Rühse, The Chladni Wall, in: HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Posters, Proceedings, Part II, ed. Constantine Stephanidis et. al. (Cham: Springer, 2020), doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-60703-6_50.
An introduction to the history of styles in scientific imagery:
The Technical Image. A History of Styles in Scientific Imagery, edited by Horst Bredekamp, Vera Dünkel, and Birgit Schneider, University of Chicago Press 2015, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo20278194.html