Seattle Twist

For those into art and technology (like me), my friend Joel Kollin has collaborated with Juan Pampin and Ensu Kang to create a sound and sculptural installation that links 911 Media Arts and SOIL. The opening is this Thursday, February 7, 6-9pm at both venues.

Entanglement draws a symbolic acoustic line between two distant locations, SOIL and 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle. A hyper-directional sound beam linearizes the acoustics of the two galleries creating the illusion of a single, infinite line of sound into which both sites get trapped.

…This fragile acoustic construction can be physically disturbed by the participants at each location. Using their body, participants can interfere with the acoustic waveguide, spilling over particles of the linear sound field into the room as they block their transit to the other site. The piece not only provokes the “entanglement” of the participants with their own sonic perception locally but also remotely, as the acoustic shadow of their bodies gets cast onto the other space. In this way, Entanglement explores the concept of “tele-absense” (rather than tele-presence), using a virtual acoustic channel to telematically project the disembodied presence of participants interacting with the acoustic waveguide.

It runs through March 1, and if you miss the opening you should still go–you’ll have some time and space to interact with it. The installation is part of the Ultrasonic Sound Beams in Media Arts research project, supported by the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS), University of Washington.

More info at SOIL.