C-240 is an electronic sound visualization developed by Yucef to translate spoken words and urban sounds into colorful geometric patterns. The installation investigates the contemporary relevance of the music visualizer as social phenomena. It looks back on the history of video game consoles, pointing out the celebrated Atari VCS 2600, and incorporating the first electronic music visualizer invented by Atari in 1976: the Atari Video Music machine. The installation encourages audience participation by letting passersby speak into microphones connected to the Atari device. In addition, C-240 uses transducers placed on the street to process realtime sounds of the city. The sonic engagement is automatically converted into visual representations on the building’s façade.
