StoryBox Brief

StoryBox Brief

Luca Rudenstine

The StoryBox is an image processing program that preserves moments through sound. In a world full of visual snapshots of life, rarely are those moments simultaneously captured in sound. The StoryBox software allows images throughout time to be captured and composed into a series of auditory experiences.

Towns, cities, and landscapes are constantly evolving. With the threat of climate change transforming and destroying the earth's natural beauty, destruction from wars, and persistent new development, an image alone can not preserve or capture the full experience of a place before it disappears. The StoryBox captures archived images of Palestine pre-colonization. As more and more Palestinian land is annexed, it is important to create multiple different preserved representations of  its beautiful landscape. The natural scenery and towns in pre-colonized Palestine are processed and programmed to create an auditory interpretation of the images from this land's history. By analyzing the colors, depth, and outlined shapes of the images, the software is then able to assign notes and compose a sound.