Sixteen Squares, 2000
Documentation Site
Sixteen Squares is a sound installation composed of sixteen sensored mats which, when walked on, trigger the movement of sound in and between four speakers. Sixteen spoken fragments of a poem are mapped to sixteen square mats, laid out in grid formation, in this piece. The respective position of the occupied square to those bordering it indicates the placement of sound. Standing on a square triggers the sounds associated with each bordering square. Moving from one square to the next displaces sound into the space which was formerly occupied, causing sound to move across the space.The spoken word uniquely demonstrates perceived properties of sound such as weight, color, and shape, and encourages a process of visualization in listening.
