PULSE_WIP

SOUND AND SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION

YEAR

2017

Format

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION

Medium

WATER / SOund

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Duration

PULSE_WIP IS A SOUND-INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION EXPLORING HOW A SINGLE VIBRATION CAN PROPAGATE THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSFORM EVERYTHING AROUND IT. A SPEAKER POSITIONED BENEATH A BASIN OF WATER GENERATES SOUND AND PHYSICAL VIBRATION, CREATING FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT PATTERNS ACROSS THE WATER’S SURFACE. LIGHT REFLECTED FROM THESE SHIFTING PATTERNS REACHES A SUSPENDED HALF-MIRRORED SCULPTURE, CONTINUOUSLY ALTERING ITS APPEARANCE AND SCATTERING THE REFLECTED IMAGE BACK INTO THE SURROUNDING SPACE. INSPIRED BY IDEAS OF WAVES, SUPERPOSITION, AND INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS, THE WORK CONSIDERS EXISTENCE NOT AS SOMETHING ISOLATED, BUT AS A CONTINUOUS EXCHANGE OF INFLUENCE. ONE VIBRATION CHANGES THE WATER; THE WATER CHANGES THE LIGHT; THE LIGHT CHANGES THE SCULPTURE; AND THE SCULPTURE CHANGES THE SPACE AROUND IT.

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Project NOTES:

PULSE_WIP USES SOUND, WATER, VIBRATION, LIGHT, AND A SUSPENDED HALF-MIRRORED SCULPTURE AS A CONTINUOUSLY INTERACTING SYSTEM. A SPEAKER BENEATH THE WATER PRODUCES DIFFERENT SURFACE PATTERNS ACCORDING TO SOUND FREQUENCY. THESE PATTERNS ARE REFLECTED BY LIGHT ONTO THE SCULPTURE AND SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, ALLOWING A SONIC EVENT TO BECOME A VISIBLE AND SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION. THE INSTALLATION USES THIS CHAIN REACTION AS A METAPHOR FOR INTERCONNECTEDNESS: EVERY ELEMENT BOTH INFLUENCES AND IS INFLUENCED BY THE SPACE IT INHABITS.

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