This is a proposed wall installation by The Art Office for the foyer of Nashville's New Music Centre. The artwork is to be made of overlapping layers of coloured acrylic inspired by patterns found by 18th Century physicist Ernst Chladni, who developed scientific methods to study visual evidence of different sound frequencies. Chladni invented special iron plates that when stroked with a violin bow, would vibrate. Sand is then sprinkled onto to plate which then settles to make various patterns.
Recording the vibrations made by the song I am working from would be a really interesting way to respond to the brief. I know my friend Cat worked in a similar way for the Unit X brief by placing paper over a speaker whilst playing sounds she had recorded full blast, and allowing different materials such as inks and spices to move about, creating marks.
I like the layering of the The Art Office piece, especially the laying of colour with a transparent material to make new colour. It reminds me of pictures you are supposed to wear 3D glasses to view.
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| Proposed art installation by The Art Office |
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| Ernst Chladni's Patterns representing sound waves. |
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| Ernst Chladni's plate invention |
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