here are some photos of my work from fall reviews (just below is my artist statement).

hear



these are the three macbook pros that were powering my audio. unfortunately, i ran into a few technical difficulties and learned that mp3 players by themselves do not emit enough power to be loud through my speakers. if i were to do this again, i’d probably get some amps.

touch



artist statement (a work in progress)

Language is, by definition, a systematic way of communicating through sounds or a series of symbols. We learn societal norms and culture through language. As a child I was born into many at once, including English, Mandarin, and Thai, with a dash of French thrown into the mix. In response I spoke very little throughout my childhood, to the point where my teacher recommended I take a speech development evaluation. Language became a barrier.

Hear is a soundscape that uses six hanging white spherical speakers which emit nonverbal human utterances. There are no actual words spoken, but rather a collection of sounds that act as communication. A tension is created between being connected and being simultaneously disconnected. Hear attempts to highlight the communication that happens between words and how humans interact with the proximity of sound in space.

Touch is an interactive installation in which a green arcade button placed on a pedestal is waiting to be pressed. If the viewer decides to push the button, a message appears discouraging the act of interaction. This creates a conflict between the person’s desire to push the button and the
installation’s otherwise.