Sound Shower
A Sound Sculpture Installation
This project is deeply rooted in exploring the spontaneous and collective creation of sound within an interactive space. It offers an immersive experience that not only allows but encourages participants to interact with and shape the sonic environment.
The sound shower sculptures are designed to be ceiling-hung, ideally placed above the walkways or flat conveyor belts that connect airport terminals. The environment is shaped by travel by those who participate by walking underneath it. The random flow of people builds, and releases sounds much like a cloud releases rain, simulating a weather pattern within a microclimate. This ensures a captive audience walking to a flight or arriving from one. The sound shower communicates a language of soothing sounds that are triggered in harmony, creating a calming and welcoming atmosphere for the participants as they approach each location of a piece.
The shape of each piece symbolizes the traveler’s status, like a drop that has left a cloud before it has hit the ground, caught in the space between destinations.
"A running theme through my work is this idea of sound and motion; those two things tie to my work in a juxtaposed position to create an ambiance of life around the work. It's sculptural, with objects subtly caught in motion, making sound or imagery that captures and reflects movement or sound, a visual onomatopoeia. Sound permeates through and relates to both; it might also be literal in the case of my sound installations."
—GHAHARY
