RAW is an audiovisual recording device, developed by MIT Media Lab Europe researchers Joelle Bitton, Stefan Agamanolis and Matthew Karau, that combines a digital camera and an audio recorder. Taking a picture triggers the recording of the sound a minute before and a minute after it.

Audio is recorded binaurally by tiny microphones placed in the user’s ears. These previously uncaptured moments can be kept as personal recordings or/and be explored within public interactive installations, enabling the later audience to immerse themselves “into the shoes” of the person who took the picture.

Quicktime video made during a workshop in Mali.