Void Resonance, 2025
Audio-reactive digital installationReflective film, ceramics, trinkets as sound amplifiers, lamps, and webcam
Void Resonance (2025) is an interactive and responsive artwork that dynamically projects sound into a visual symphony. Visitors can interact with the items in the containers that line the bar, resulting in subtle noises that will trigger the projection reflected on the wall behind the counter.
The interaction between visitor and item mimics the transmission of coded messages–a function of the Battlebox in World War II to aid war strategy–and in turn, produces a visual resembling Morse code and sound waves. The sensitivity of the sound sensors are reminders of the nature of surveillance, pervasive in wartime, where citizens and military personnels are prompted to be discreet or silent in public places and social environments like cafes, restaurants and bars to avoid leaking military secrets.
Placed in the same room as another interactive work, Drifting Signals (2025), these works explore surveillance and communication. Void Resonance (2025) transforms sound into visuals that mimic coded messages and wartime discretion, while Drifting Signals (2025) projects visitor silhouettes from tracked movements in the space. Together, these works evoke the atmosphere of World War II espionage, heightened by reproduction of wartime posters and emphasised by constant observation and a form of behavioural censorship in a world where actions are always watched and analysed.
This work was commissioned by Global Cultural Alliance(GCA) as part of the exhibition PORTALS, at Battlebox Singapore.
Produced by GCA, PORTALS is an innovative visual art exhibition bridging singapore’s wartime history with creative technology. Set within the battlebox, a former wwii command centre, portals is an exploration of technologies and systems as agents of change to reclaim power and place.
More infomation about PORTALS: cmdexe.art
Photographic documentation: Finbarr Fallon
