Assemblage of Sound

Assemblage of Sound, 2024

Print on Tracing Paper
29,7 X 21,4 cm

A score that recomposes and reinterprets the language of light transmitted through wavelengths. When light meets a transparent material, it creates a phenomenon called caustics which is the most bright point of the transparent material. By placing a light-sound translate circuit in its path, listening the sounds from these phenomena and at the same time, I captured the shapes formed by light. These shapes, traced from the interaction between a cup and light, become symbols of sound—an outcome of their encounter. Listening back to these sounds, I recognize them as the result of an interaction, a form of communication between the cup and light as they pass through matter. I record their particles, marking the ephemeral occupation of time and space—an intangible, invisible moment.

I imagine the cognitive assemblage of non-human materials in this fleeting exchange. They embrace, dance, and do not greedily claim the empty spaces but instead remain humble, fully immersed in their spatial existence.

Within this network of the non-human, I reflect on the role and presence of the human. As I navigate the hierarchy between human and non-human within these material interactions, I question whether the non-human can hold value beyond being mere tools. Through this, I voice my feelings of shame, regret, and sorrow—the emotions that arise from being human in a world where non-human entities are often overlooked.