A connected experience of sound and space
The superpose installation mediates continuously changing wave phenomena within a space that are visible, audible, and react to the presence of a person in the space. Connecting space and sound with one another to create a dynamic multi-sensory environment with the help of the visual elements of waves in water. Sound, an invisible stimulus moving through space, presents the audience with a connecting thread between visible space and invisible physical vibrations.
superpose explores the potential of interaction and experiential design to create holistic experiences that offer a new understanding of how sound operates as a physical phenomenon within space: Do audiences understand how sound waves propagate through space? Do they have to?
The installation was shown in the public lobby of the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, USA, August 8th - 19th 2021. 
And exhibited at MIT's Wiesner Student Art Gallery from September 7th until October 6th 2021.

Funded in part by the Council for the Arts at MIT.​​​​​​​
superpose reframes the relationship between sound and space by focusing on the spatial qualities of sound to create the illusion of dynamically changing space without altering the physical properties of the built environment.
How superpose was made:
making-of (7:34 min, no sound) – Above: A collection of timelapse videos that document different steps in the creation of the superpose installation. Almost every part of the installation has been manufactured, assembled, and tested at the MIT Media Lab. From electronics to large-scale woodworking, all aspects of the installation were built in June and August of 2021.
custom wave dipper tips made from liquid photopolymer resin
custom wave dipper tips made from liquid photopolymer resin
custom electronics and wave exciters
custom electronics and wave exciters
building step of the outer shell
building step of the outer shell

superpose control software - tracking waves and analysing their strength and direction to drive the spatialisation, intensity and mix for five components of the installations sound.

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