IEVA VAITI

electronic musician & artist

BODY IN SOUND

Body In Sound is an interactive sound installation which investigates shifts in identity by using the body as a tool to access morphed memories of a geographical location. The piece explores kinae-sonic reflexivity theory, which proposes that sound and movement are inextricably linked, and aims to focus the viewer’s perception to their listening and spatial awareness.

As one navigates through the space, they morph through years of collected field recordings and ‘found’ sounds from a forest in Lithuania, that have been reprocessed, restitched and repurposed to create a new world. The work probes and deconstructs individual parts of the soundscape, giving agency to the viewer to explore a distant memory autonomously, leaving only traces of their path behind.

The work uses IR depth camera technology to track body movements across the designated space, which is then linked to custom software that maps the space into sound worlds. If one comes closer to the floor, they can come closer to the source recording of the abstracted sound, stemming from the idea of how far I’ve distanced myself from my roots, yet they can still be accessed at different levels.

Exhibited at:
Hypha Studios, 50 Celebration Avenue, London, 2024
Peckham Digital, 2024

Materials: Kinect, White vinyl, 2x Speakers, Computer, Custom Software
Tools: Max MSP, OpenFrameworks, TouchDesigner