Macro-Cymatic Visual Music Instrument
My “macro-cymatic” instruments visualizes music into fluid motion and light painting. The visuals seen are precisely the same vibrations of the audio vibrations heard, directly transduced through water and light. The motion of water is augmented by programmable LED lights, and the visuals are projected at the super close-up (macro-photographic) scale.
The Macro-Cymatic Visual Music Instrument is the basis of ongoing series of immersive audio-visual performance environments, installations, and video works.
The debut performance was commissioned by Soundwave Biennial @ SOMarts, August 2014. The original instrument was built with support from the Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency and Djerassi Resident Artist Program in 2014.
First I worked with wood, but most recently, and the original "macro-cymatic" instrument was carved from cedar and had a single string that could be bowed. More recently, I’ve been building it with resin and acrylic.
I perform live with the instrument, and use it to create music videos, and installations. In performance, the audience is enveloped by transcendent music tied to live visual water wave projections sourced directly from the instrument body.
