There are certain amount of vibrational patterns, which are found at different levels: a time of day, an organ, a color, a plant: one sound. The sound image of octaves is a law of nature. In the water sound set by Kymat a water wave surface becomes filmed while being played with music or specific frequencies and tones. So create beautiful sound structures and forms you can find everywhere in nature. www.kymat.de __________________________________________________________________________ Es existieren gewisse Schwingungsmuster, die sich auf verschiedenen Ebenen wieder finden; eine Tageszeit, ein Organ, eine Farbe, eine Pflanze: Ein Ton. Das Klangbild der Oktaven ist ein Naturgesetz. In dem Wasserklang Set von Kymat wird eine Wasserwellenoberfläche abgefilmt, während sie mit Musik oder bestimmten Frequenzen und Tönen bespielt wird. So entstehen wunderschöne Strukturen und Klangformen die man überall in der Natur wiederfinden kann
Sven Meyer & Kim Pörksen created Sonic Water, an art installation exploring cymatics.
Pörksen explains:
“Cymatics is like a magical tool that unveils the substance of things not seen. Sound does have form, and you can see that sound can affect matter and cause form in matter. So maybe in the beginning there was sound, which shaped all matter. Indeed, we think sound has a fundamental influence on the formation of the universe itself.”
Check out the behind the scenes video after the gallery.
SONIC WATER laboratory for water sound images Sven Meyer & Kim Pörksen Sonic Water / cymatics laboratory / vernissage documentation / CREATE YOUR OWN WORLD Olympus OMD Photography Playground 25. April - 24 Mai 2013 / Opernwerkstätten Berlin www.sonicwater.org MUSIC by Kymat - Drop Sound Enlightenment / http://www.kymat.de studies of visible sound and vibrations - drop@sonicwater.org www.greatpieceofcake.com & www.elfenmaschine.de https://omd.olympus.de/site/rooms#sven_meyer_kim_poerksen *** Sonic Water is a cymatics installation. Cymatics is the process of visualizing sound and vibrations through matter, such as for example sand or water. In the beginning there was sound. The reason cymatics exerts such a strong fascination is that we are not conditioned to "see sound". Cymatics is like a magic tool that unveils the true substance of things audible, but conventionally invisible. With it one can recreate the archetypes of different forms of nature. So sound does have form and cymatics enables you to comprehend that it not only affects but causes form in matter. In fact, we think sound had a fundamental influence on the formation of the universe itself. But that is another story. Primarily, we are fascinated by the simplicity of this subject. All it takes is sound and a very basic medium such as water to create... well, what could be (and in our view is) the coolest sound visualizer. How does it work? Our installation at the Photography Playground in Berlin consists of two different areas. A self-running installation and a DIY water-sound-image laboratory where people can experiment with their own cymatics. The setup in both areas is almost identical. The only difference is, that you can use your own camera and create your own soundscapes in the DIY laboratory. The installation is very simple: A sound signal is used to vibrate a speaker. On top of the speaker membrane we have applied a plate and on the plate we have then glued an ordinary bottle cap. The bottle cap (or the whole plate) is filled with water. The water works as a flexible three-dimensional sculpture mass, that translates the sound into pictures. The vibration of the speaker creates one of a kind water-sound-images in response to the respective sound impulse - from chaotic patterns to standing mandala-like waves. The camera films the speaker from above and basically shoots a macro mode live view of the bottle cap action which is projected onto a large screen. When people enter the room they initially just see the big screen cymatics projections. However, once they approach the cube with the speaker they suddenly grasp the setup and have this moment of incredulity and utter bewilderment, that a setup as simple as ours can create such astounding visuals. But this part of our installation is actually just an incentive or an ice breaker. Our actual intention is for the audience to have fun in the laboratory, where they can create and document their own cymatics. In the DIY laboratory you clamp a Olympus OMD camera on the stand, which you get upon entering the exhibition and you can then film or take photos of the water-sound-images you create by means of sound signals from a synthesizer, by using your own voice (via a microphone) or by just playing your favorite song on your smartphone. What does it look like if you hum your favorite tune into the microphone? What does Wagners "Twilight of the Gods" look like in cymatics? The results are images reminiscent of the shape of flowers, the form of a starfish, the patterns of turtleshells, cell division, the golden ratio, the flower of life - all depending on the individual frequency impulse. In the laboratory you become the creator, the big bang and part of the genesis. _____________________________________________________________________________________