SIGNAL ORIGIN / 2015

WHAT IS REALITY?

LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND

Honours research project · 2015

An early investigation into thought, perception and the possibility that reality may extend beyond what we are able to directly observe.

The project combined photography, sound, electronics and experimental processes to explore whether invisible systems could be made visible.

THE EXPERIMENT

CYMATICS DEVICE

An early device constructed to translate sound into physical movement through a vibrating plate.

VIBRATION / MATERIAL

SOURCE / LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND / 2015

COMPLETE ORIENTATION

SOUND → VIBRATION → MATERIAL → ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE → IMAGE

SOURCE / LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND / 2015

ITERATION / 01

ITERATION / 02

FINAL CONSTRUCTION

Testing progressively altered the apparatus. Components were introduced, repositioned and eventually removed as the experiment developed.

THE SYSTEM CHANGED