O C E A N A C O U S T I C S

Carefully matching the colours of the thread and the image, I have stitched sound waves onto this photo of a piece of coral on the beach. Sound under water is faster and harder to perceive by humans. It travels depending on pressure and temperature. As the climate changes, the water qualities and sound transmission change too, altering the communication of beings living underwater.

The photo is suspended. The idea of floating relates to a space with no time as well as a moment of fragility. The ocean, as vast and powerful as it may seem, is also fragile, delicate and hanging. The piece not only hangs, it also connects to the ground, the physical.

I am interested in how our senses play a role in what we believe and influence our relationship with the ocean. For those of us who can see, the sight seems to be the most dominant of the senses. We often need an image to make sense of things. We don't believe as much in what we can’t see. The sound or the smell makes more sense when the source is seen, similarly to touch or to taste something is easier when we can see it. The sight tends to encapsulate the whole perception. The unseen is, thus, the unperceived. And the space where we perceive —and create an image— is in the suspension.

Exhibited at Fyreside & Archive MNC, 2024