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• Conversation

  January, 2023

  Aluminum, urethane, Pine, Mirrors, video, C++, Audio Equipment

  4.5 x 4.5 x 8.25 feet (variable)

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Statement

• I am interested in synesthesia. The way that auditory and visual signals can influence each other is intriguing to me. While inspired by the phenomenon of synesthesia, this work takes an audio input and creates a logical translation of 2 properties of sound (volume and pitch). An audio signal is picked up from a microphone hanging in the gallery space and sent to a nearby room. The signal is then sent to a computer, running a software application written in C++. The software uses the sound's volume to increase or decrease the diameter of a circle, and the pitch will change the circle's hue. The hue is kept as bright as possible, so hue shifts are easier to recognize. The circle is projected in parallax onto a cloth tube, creating the illusion of a rise and fall of the volume signal. This action resembles a graphic equalizer spectrum analyzer on a stereo system.

  As people interact with the work, they begin to realize that sounds happening in the gallery space are causing responses from the sculpture. Footsteps, talking, or other sounds trigger the video projection to pulsate. Often, viewers will become participants in this context and begin using their voices to trigger different colors and light effects to emerge.

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