Sound as Physical Presence

The artist practice explores sound as material, spatial, and sculptural presence. Composites, with its dense under patterns and mirrored surfaces, often grounds this inquiry—each piece developing a tangible dialogue between acoustics and form.

Work spans functional sound objects, installation, and visual form, where acoustics, structure, and environment operate as a single system. For example, the introduction of a sculptural object might redirect how sound moves through a vaulted ceiling or alter how dense surfaces reflect resonance, revealing new spatial behaviors as the object interacts with its architectural context. Objects are developed through engineering, proportion, and material investigation, designed to exist permanently within space rather than as temporary equipment.

The practice investigates how sound occupies architecture, how objects shape perception, and how engineered form can operate as sculpture.


Voyager sculptural sound system by Simon Ghahary

Voyager Sound Systems

Functional Sound Objects · Limited Edition

Voyager is a series of sculptural sound objects developed as functional artworks.

Each work integrates acoustic engineering within a permanent physical form, designed for architectural environments, collectors, and spatial listening contexts. Production is limited, with each edition carefully documented for provenance. The slow and materially driven development process ensures distinctive value and enduring significance for collectors, reinforcing both legacy and exclusivity.

These works investigate:

  • sound as physical force

  • object permanence

  • proportion and spatial dialogue

  • engineering embedded within form

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Metallic Spheres

Editions & Sculptural Work

Metallic Spheres explores the translation of sound into image, surface, and object. Each sphere changes appearance as it resonates: ripples shimmer across its mirrored surface, light shifts in response to vibration, and the visual field subtly transforms with the sound. This visual–aural dialogue invites the viewer to witness sound becoming visible and tangible, each auditory event reflected and refracted on the object’s skin.

The project developed into photographic editions and sculptural investigations examining reflection, resonance, and spatial perception. Works are produced in limited runs with attention to material integrity and long-term presence.

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Installation & Cross-Disciplinary Work

Object · Sound · Space

Selected works extend beyond discrete objects into installation and spatial environments, where sound, sculpture, and architecture converge. Upon entry, visitors may first encounter a single frequency sweep rising through the room, as a 40 Hz wave thrums gently through the ribcage and lingers in the air. These immersive settings invite visitors to experience heightened spatial awareness and a transformed sense of presence, as sound reshapes perception and physical sensation within the space.

These projects explore:

  • Spatial acoustics

  • Environmental presence

  • The relationship between sound and human perception

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Relationship to Earlier Work

Foundation

The current practice builds on earlier work developed under Blue Room, where sound, identity, and object were explored as a unified system.

Earlier development in sound systems, product design, and visual culture, are documented in the archive.

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