Below is a selection of process photographs and documenting the process of recording the soundscape and then translating this into the footage used to create the animation ‘Silent Conversations’.
Using a method of Cymatic (popularised by Ernst Chladni in the late 17th century) the median frequencies of different bird calls, areas of soils, rocks, plants and human acitivites from within and surrounding an area of ancient Sussex woodland were transferred through a shallow pool of water using a speaker set below the metal dish containing the water. The resultant patterns were then recorded using a digital camera and manipulated live by drawing the focus point in and out to create a variety of patters and formations. Some consisting of intricate linear formations and other oscillating bokkeh vibrations. Using editing softwares these patterns were then arranged spatially in response to the audio files.