Field Atlas · Sound Layer

Obelisk Resonance

Thirteen positions within a symbolic field of obelisk resonance. Each carries an assigned low-frequency value and musical correspondence developed for this Field Atlas exploration. The values become audible here through disclosed processes of artistic sonification. Supplied values, assigned correspondence, and audible sonification are three distinct layers — kept visibly separate throughout this interface.

Source correspondence & open questions

This field holds thirteen positions. Three are associated with Istanbul (Obelisk of Theodosius) and two with St. Petersburg (Field of Mars). The current ordering below follows the sequence as received: Istanbul appears at positions 4, 11, 13; St. Petersburg at positions 6, 12.

Unresolved — not silently decided:

An earlier version of this material placed Istanbul at positions 4, 12, 13 rather than 4, 11, 13. This file has not chosen between the two orderings; it preserves the most recently supplied sequence and flags the discrepancy here for confirmation.
Istanbul's three listed appearances currently carry only two distinct pitch-class assignments (D♯, C, D♯), not three. This file does not describe Istanbul as having "three tones" unless that is corrected in the source data.

The sequence remains revisable when the source correspondence is confirmed. Until then, the uncertainty stays visible rather than being resolved by the interface.

Sounds the assigned pitch classes (B, C, C♯, D, D♯, E) in standard tuning, in a calm low octave. This realizes the symbolic note correspondence — it does not reproduce the supplied source-value ratios.

Touch a position to hear it.

Follow, adapt, or ignore. A designed pacing, not a measurement of your breathing.

live audio waveform · active voices

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Preview of A Symbolic Field of Obelisk Resonance, showing thirteen positions, their assigned pitch classes, a world map, and disclosed source uncertainty.

The correspondence from which this listening field emerged

A visual map of supplied values, assigned pitch classes and recurring sites. It is offered as developing Field Atlas interpretation—not as archaeological or acoustic evidence.

Tonal character changes filtering and overtone balance only.

Pitch-class groupings

Recurring positions are shown each time they occur — not deduplicated. Recurrence may itself be meaningful.