I was thrilled to be invited to present work at Ars Electronica amongst many other talented artists and researchers. Working in collaboration with Yasuaki Kakehi and Kuan-ju Wu, we presented the first prototype of our sonic form series.

Soundform No.1 is a minimalistic soundscape and kinetic art installation that transforms heat energy into a poetically evolving, spatio-temporal composition. This work was site specific, installed in underground portion of the beautiful St. Florian Monastery, where it filled the famous Baroque architecture with radiant spectral tones.

The work generates sound thermo-acoustically by activating heating elements inside quartz glass tubes. As the glass warms, a nickel-titanium spring reacts, pulling the cylinder upright. At the correct angle, airflow becomes unrestricted, and a thermoacoustic phenomenon, known as a Rijke effect, creates an audible tone.

Thank you to Yasuaki Kakehi Lab, University of Tokyo, and ERATO group, for supporting my exploration in sonic objects, and thermoacoustics phenomena; to the glass artists Shaun Conroy, who helped fabricate and tune these beautiful quartz cylinders; our friends Daniel Chen, and Shing Huang, who helped with local transportation, installation and documentation onsite; Michael Lahner, Isabella Kartusch and the AIxMusic Ars Electronica team who coordinated the show; and everyone who came to see and hear the piece at Ars Electronic's AIxMusic Festival.

https://ars.electronica.art/outofthebox/en/soundform/