"A Trail Through Space: Sonification of the Quasar Proximity Effect" is an original audiovisual composition that transforms astronomical data into sonic material. The project focuses on quasars—the brightest galactic nuclei—and the dynamics of matter as it is either drawn into black holes or ejected as jets into space.
The process is based on the sonification of data from the SDSS DR16Q catalog. Using Python and SuperCollider, 1,000 quasars are "given a voice" through specific data mappings. The visual component represents a black hole and the orbital trajectories of matter.
