Imprint of Sound

Sound is powerful but intangible. Technology can break it into digits and bring it back as waves and patterns, yet the dry digital images it produces are nothing compared to the charm of actual sensory perception. Can sound be captured in images without disenchanting it?

This interactive installation visualizes sound with physical images: a drawing machine, driven by motors and controlled by a terminal that processes sound input from wireless sensors, produces continuously evolving drawings at the tip of a pencil. The properties of real-time signals, in relation to human behavior, are translated into motion parameters and projected onto an ever-lengthening trace — catching the slightest fluctuations of the sound environment and re-enchanting an everyday phenomenon.