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Hapticscapes gives form and structure to invisible forces — vibration & sound.
This participatory work invites visitors to discover and play with invisible structures & superstructures. An architecture of the invisible – made of sounds & vibrations — augments the familiar realities of real cities & spaces.
The spatial composer places sound & haptic triggers in hyperlocal space, saving them to a persistent AR overlay on the world. Recorded sounds can be stored permanently in the space the size of a single flower. Visitors uncover the scapes by passing the Divining Rod through the invisible voids contained by the structures.
“Sous les pavés, la plage!”
"Under the paving stones, there is a beach!"
“Divining Rod”
This probe vibrates & plays sounds when it enters a spatial trigger.
A grease bucket in New Haven triggers patterned vibrations.
Exhibition I.
Yale University
IEEE GEM
New Haven, CT.
June 2019
The first public participatory exhibition of Hapticscapes — part of a gathering of artists working in emerging media. Scapes filled storm drains, manholes, grease barrels, and patches of nature with sound & vibrations.
Project Launch
Los Angeles, CA.
Los Angeles, CA.
February 2019
The project began with a basic prototype of AR haptic & sonic triggers in real space. Later, the project expanded into the development of a toolkit for making & saving scapes at city-scale.