Sonic Clock
'Passing Through' exhibition, James Taylor Gallery

Captin Captin set a brief for entries to an exhibition called ‘Passing Through.’ I collaborated with John Nussey to create a series of sound reactive sculptures that recorded a history of sound within the space.

A 60 second clock face was divided into a grid of fifteen organic forms that each have four seconds to react. The forms passively respond to passers–by, while also allowing people to actively redefine the shape of the current sculpture and to save previous definitions as they would when using a wiki. In effect the wall become a wiki for sound within the space.

 

 

 

The aim was to achieve a balance between an information graphic and an organic form. The user was able to influence rather than control the shape of the sculpture.

Factors such as colour and initialisation of movement are affected by the pitch and volume of sound, while the overall size of the forms respond to the length of sound being made. However, the direction of movement is independent of user input.