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A nod to the future and the past, this is an instrument that uses the face as a score for music. |
Sonic Physiognomy is my response to the politicization of the human face, drawing a relationship between the historical practices of physiognomy or face reading and the technologies of facial recognition and iris identification used for tracking and surveillance.
The is a form of live sonic portraiture, and comprises an installation wherein participants volunteer to have their face “scanned” and translated into sound. (For a future interation, each song will be recorded and made available for download to be used as unique sonic signatures in other applications, such as ringtones on cell phones.)
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| Detail of exterior wall and interior scanning projection |
The Sonic Portrait installation consists of a “scan pod” that is made of over 615 unique pieces of corrugated cardboard that form the shape of two interlocking spirals.
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A subject's silhouette is captured and the topography of the face is read into a unique series of chimes and sonic harmonies. |
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Adam Brillhart looking at the translucency of the material during construction |
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Interior during construction |
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