Tsai Performance Center: Sound Waves

I've been thinking more about the space in front of Tsai Performance Center in CAS (shown above), and the idea of visualized sound occurred to me. I did some research and I found a business (SoundViz) that creates prints of songs; I added some examples below. The one on top is a linearly arranged sound wave and the one below is a radially arranged sound wave.

One of my ideas is a wall hanging or sculpture of either a radial or linear recording of important audio to hang in the open spaces above the double doors. My own personal preference would probably be a radial wave because the circular shape would fill the space in a very interesting and abstract way. 

It would also be interesting to make a print of a linear audio recording to put on the beams on the ceiling. They would be an interesting way to fill that empty space and showcase all the variation in the waves. 

Unfortunately I don't currently have the software to do a radial wave graphic, but I do have some sound editing software that I can use to make basic linear graphics. Below is the linear recording of Yo Yo Ma (a famous cellist) playing Bach Cello Suites Prelude, one of the most well known cello songs of all time.

I could also include speeches in this installment. Below is another basic linear graphic made with the same software, but this one is Martin Luther King Junior's I Have a Dream. 

Another iconic piece is Beethoven's fifth symphony, shown below. 

I think that using sound waves plays into the theme of the space, because performance is auditory (as conveyed by the arrangement of the peaks) and visual (as conveyed by the art itself which is visually appreciated). There is a lot of variation encompassed by this idea, as you could do pretty much any sound file, in either linear or radial form, on the ceiling or the wall above the doors.