01 / ISSUE
The major health issue caused by noise pollution is Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). Exposure to elevated noise levels can lead to hypertension, cardiovascular illness, sleep disruptions, and increased stress (National Geographic, 2022).
02 / CONCEPT
Using real-time audio analysis, the installation lets users physically manipulate visual representations of daily noise, exploring the tension between acoustic helplessness and personal control
03 / Instructions
01
Enter
Walk into the installation filled with calming and flowing visuals.
02
Disrupt
Speak into the microphone, which immediately turns the smooth lights into chaotic, messy patterns.
03
Realise
Notice that the volume and tone of your voice directly causes visual chaos.
04
Adjust
Experiment by speaking more softly, slowly, and steadily to see how the visuals react.
05
Restore
Watch the visuals return to their calm, organized state as you gain control over your voice.
06
Reset
Step away from the microphone, allowing the visuals to reset to its peaceful default state for the next person.
04 / Design
It leaks through apartment walls, streets, transit corridors, markets, schools, and bedrooms. Because it disappears the second it happens, the damage is often normalized instead of documented.
Cymatic Visualisation
Cymatics is the science of making sound vibrations visible. It explores how sound waves pass through physical materials and organize them into beautiful, symmetrical geometric patterns.
Threshold + Radial Blur
Threshold simplifies visuals into bold, high-contrast shapes, while Radial Blur transforms those shapes into dynamic motion that responds to sound, making the audio's energy more visible and immersive.
ASCII Representation
Human speech is an organic form of communication. When converted to text, individual characters translate into ASCII codes used to control visual elements such as position, brightness, size, color, or animation. It transforms spoken words into dynamic visual experiences instead of plain text.
Idle
The colour blue represents a stable state, where the visuals flow smoothly without disruption from human noise. It symbolizes clarity and balance, allowing the motion to remain fluid and continuous.
Loud
When the environment becomes noisy, the visuals transition from blue to red, signalling a shift from calmness to disruption. The increase in human speech introduces more audio data into the system, causing the visuals to become distorted, fragmented, and unpredictable.
Combination
As the noise reaches extreme levels, the visuals evolve into increasingly bizarre and unrecognizable forms. Patterns begin to break apart, movements become erratic, and the composition loses its original structure, reflecting a state of complete visual overload.