Interactive robotic installation that brings sound art closer to young audiences selected

La Isla de los Sonidos is a multisensory sound installation designed to bring children, young people and families closer to interactive sound art. Within the framework proposed by the FECyT on the promotion of scientific culture for the next academic year 2025-2026, it has been proposed to use this installation as a platform for scientific dissemination. Its design and implementation will be accompanied by open workshops on the approach to sensors and sound art in general.

The project has been proposed by Javier F Gorostiza, Alberto Ramos, and David de Rosas, teachers and product researchers at UDIT, from the newly created NAIRA-LAB research group, GUMTs and DESIRe, respectively. It was conceived back in 2017 as a cultural project, Pequeño Club Sonoro, directed and developed in a first version, by the collectives Chicotrópico, Supermanitas, and DART, and financed by the creation grants of the Madrid City Council.

The aim of the project is to bring the general public closer to sound art, active listening and sound generation, as well as to the world of sensors, electronics and programming. To this end, open workshops have been proposed as an introduction to sensors and creative coding. There will also be sound generation and recording sessions run by La COSA (Centro Organizado de Sonido Ambulante), directed by the Chicotrópico collective. There will also be a period of creative design using the valuable tools available in the Protospace, to end up re-implementing La Isla de los Sonidos.

The result will be an interactive sound installation created by and for the public, framed in a tropical island narrative, with its volcano, boat, parrot, tunnel, diamond and other sound elements.

This project will have a great impact on the scientific dissemination of electronics, programming and design. Also in the cultural field, by showing sound art in its most POP, interactive and creative aspect. The project will bring concepts and subjects that are difficult to access to a public that is not necessarily an expert, in a participative, creative and fun way: "PROHIBITED NOT TO PLAY! "

Undoubtedly, the approach of robotics, electronics and programming to other disciplines linked to the arts, design and music generates very interesting spaces of knowledge for both the scientific community and the general public. The open workshops will be announced soon in the context of the XXV Science Week, which will take place from 3 to 16 November.