SUSTAINABILITY RESONATOR
As a global art project, Sustainability Resonator collects voices of sustainability throughout the world for aggregation, innovation and power releasing by means of modern technology. It is our hope that in this way, the sustainability concept can cross the borders of species, regions, cultures and colours, and spread to every corner of the world. We attempt to build an energy body to deliver the necessity and effectiveness of aggregation in the face with the complex and serious environmental problems today. Among various energy forms, we select wave which is the conduction carrier of energy and at the same time, it represents the trend. Sound wave is one of the basic carriers of thoughts. Most communication, knowledge, feelings and ideas find their origin from the transmission of sound.
Taking sustainability as the guide, we aggregate invisible sound waves bearing emotions, concepts and attitudes in quantities, and design an installation for visual presentation through intricate parameter processing. It is called “Resonator”. When the audience enter Resonator, the voice stored in each “voice cell” is generated. As the voices reverberate through the installation, thoughts and ideas also resonate with each other. Thousands of speakers participated in the creation of installation with their voices. Every voice cell is unique. When the audience listen to these voices by mobile phone, they help trigger the resonance by themselves. The idea of sustainable development is not only embodied in its materials but also its structure which is designed to be extendable. I want to convey that with more speakers taking part in, this resonator can be infinitely expanded and give out inexhaustible energy.
Global Offical Project Webstie:
The installation consists of thousands of voice cells* assembled like snowflakes to form the whole body. It is like a toy full of childlike excitement. As each voice cell has different colours, the installation shows a colourful free-growing texture. The installation provides a tunnel allowing an adult to enter. When people get into, they will walk into and be surrounded by the resonance of energy. The shape of the installation comes from unpredictable energy patterns. Like organic lives grow naturally, voices and thoughts meeting and extending in the space finally form an energy body.
Every voice cell is transformed from a piece of voice on a computer. Then, by 3D printing technology, the plastic additives are made into a solid body. These single cells are assembled to build the final modelling.
An chip is embedded in each cell. The audience can read the voice file and listen to its story on site by moving their phones close to the cell. All 3D printing materials are new eco-friendly plastic, not from petroleum.
