Скачать или смотреть batch normalization / "GOD IS REAL" (installation)

In Professor Karen Finley's undergraduate course "Creative Response", Lindsey Pietrewicz presented her audiovisual installation titled "Batch Normalization / God is Real". This piece, inspired by Lindsey's background as a math student, addresses the notion of random sampling as both a statistical process and a musical one. It presents the data sonification of human heights using coding languages Python and SuperCollider.

When no one is present, random individuals are continuously sampled from US Census height data, with each person's height mapped to a corresponding frequency, creating an ever-shifting sonic field that demonstrates the statistical convergence toward a mean. When a viewer steps into the installation space, their own height becomes part of the work: the system locks onto their position, triggering random musical samples that shift as they move through the frame. By embedding the viewer within the statistical distribution, the piece transforms abstract data into an embodied, participatory experience.