Immersion
2022
Digital Illustration, printed on vinyl
Immersion is a large-scale sound drawing, created using archived and recently recorded audio files from past and present events at the Living Arts Centre. Amongst the drawing are the sounds of glass blowers clipping their work, the turning of the ceramic studio’s wheel, stage performers asking the crowd to inhale and exhale collectively, a group of boys break dancing in the front foyer after school, an audience erupting with loud clapping after a dance performance, the sound of feet repeatedly hitting the performance platform and a band rehearsing Aladdin’s ‘A Whole New World’. The artist transcribes selected audio bits with precision similar to a musical score, while simultaneously allowing creative expression to combine multiple audio movements into one coherent composition. The score is then printed and placed on several panels of glass, allowing the lines to appear as if they are in mid transition, a snapshot of a fleeting moment, a sound that has been captured passing in midair. This installation intends to transport and gently push the viewer into an otherworldly perception of sound; filled with interwoven forms and lines, an alternative interpretation of how we perceive the aural in a visual form.
The artwork is part of the City of Mississauga Public Art Collection.
