What was the most challenging aspect of the project? “The lunch counter was the stage for perhaps the greatest drama of the civil rights movement. Wolfe, Dale Panning, Cliff Hahn, David Mandel and Megan Gargagliano: Bass shakers are triggered by 20-Hz square wave bursts of 10-decibel sounds that are mixed into the program material.Ĭomments by Robin Silvestri, Valerie Chin, George C.The final track is a distillation of 36 stereo channels comprising 57 takes recorded at a sound stage.The majority of audio tracks were recorded using the Neumann KU-100 binaural microphone with a Sound Devices 552 recorder and mixed to stereo on a ProTools 11 digital audio workstation.The exhibit tests how long visitors can endure the physical and verbal abuse that sit-in demonstrators confronted. The unique experience of binaural audio was chosen as a way to evoke an emotional and physical reaction, particularly in a younger generation that is immersed in video technology. The center created an interactive exhibit based on the lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement, one of the simplest, yet most effective protests of the movement. Overview: The Center for Civil and Human Rights shares stories of courage and struggle from around the world in order to give visitors a deeper understanding of the role they play in helping protect the rights of all people. It’s hard not to be deeply moved by it.” -juror Winston Binch “This is one of most creative, emotionally impactful and sobering uses of sound and interactivity I’ve ever experienced.

This project evokes empathy with a highly dimensional, visceral delivery that is unprecedented and chilling.” -juror Tali Krakowsky “I think empathy is the single strongest mechanism for positive change.

Binaural sound exhibition