Interactive Artefact
Vibrational Ground was brought forward from the air pillow made in Semester One. I began asking myself: How can we experience sound beyond just hearing? What sounds should be realised through touch?
Building on this idea, I remade the pillow with different materials, curious about how much vibration the sound exciters could carry through each one. One such example was EVA foam with plywood.
Rather than send random low frequency vibrations through the pillow, I wanted the sound to carry more meaning, to feel connected to something real when someone placed their hand on its surface.
From here, I branched out from the pillow into four vibrational platforms, each carrying a distinct sound.
Click on each sound to access the Strudel file that generates the low frequency vibrations.
Branching out to include all four sounds, I built four platforms, each made from an acrylic panel and two Dayton sound exciters.
After a few tries with plywood, I settled on acrylic for its ability to transmit sound vibrations cleanly.
Each platform is best experienced with both hands laid flat on its surface, or by resting your head against it.
With a unique vibration carried through each one, the four platforms work together as a single installation, allowing the sounds of the environment to be felt not only through the ears, but through touch.
