A spatial sound installation that sonifies movement and communication across environmental and human systems. Data becomes sound in motion, unfolding through a 360° listening environment where audiences navigate shifting textures of ice, water, signal, and transmission.
Using field recording of polar environments and sonification to capture the texture and dynamics of environmental and infrastructural systems as sonic snapshots, this work sets data in motion through space. The movement of ice, water, vessels, signals, and communication unfolds as a spatial composition within a 360° listening environment, where texture, time, and transmission become audible. The spatial work will be paired with a live performance for the exhibition opening that is itself, part improvisation and part structured movement.
Structured as a form of three-dimensional storytelling, the installation guides listeners along shifting paths of movement. Distinct sonic environments emerge along the way: the fracture of ice, the flow and transformation of water, the presence of marine life, and the intermittent signals of human communication. Spatially distributed throughout the gallery, these moments are activated through proximity, inviting listeners to mix the work through their own movement and attention. In this way, listening becomes a form of navigation, where the composition is continuously shaped in motion.