2024
Clay Waves
This project explores the connection between sound and form, investigating how sound shapes both objects and our bodies. It poses the question: how does sound sculpt our bodies, and how does the body retain its memory of sound?
Using sound as both medium and inspiration, I translated sound into physical shapes. I manipulated existing geometries and created new forms inspired by sound movements. I developed a program in Processing to convert sound waves into flattened representations, which I used to generate cylindrical structures.
I developed a program in Processing to convert sound waves into flattened representations, which I used to generate cylindrical structures.
Furthering this exploration, I used TouchDesigner, a node-based visual development platform, to create software that alters object geometry based on selected sound clip properties, allowing sound to transform matter.
In collaboration with Studio 1220 Ceramics, we produced three vases, each with a different initial shape influenced by the same sound effect, and three glasses that shared an identical initial shape but exhibited distinct transformations from different sound effects.
Throughout this journey, I witnessed how sound and frequency animate objects, causing them to move, reshape, distort, and ultimately transform. The materials, much like our own bodies, possess a memory of sound, resonating with echoes of their sonic origins.
This project was displayed in the exhibition "Hands Work" in Jaffa, September-October 2024.
