Necessity Collection
Transforming of sound data into visual: fine art prints
Can you convert sounds to images? Join us on a journey to create photographs using data concealed in sound.
Necessity Collection was born from a legacy of self-exploratory work. It draws inspiration from the technical precision of information design and data visualisation, yet extends into a body of work that shares similarities with Conceptual Art, Process Art, and the Quantified Self movement. Overall, it embodies a continuity of themes that have been implicitly and explicitly explored over years of artistic production.
The collection consists of a limited edition of eight large-scale pieces, each individually signed and numbered.
Morpheus, Giclée print on Canson Aquarelle Rag 310gsm, matte, warm-white, high-texture. 101.6 cm x 101.6 cm.
Data visualisation of 6 hours, 46 minutes of me sleeping.
Recording breath as an investigation into the patterns of a restless sleeper,
Morpheus chronicles the oral markers and rhythms of inhaling and exhaling over the duration of one night’s slumber. This becomes a sample for understanding habitual sleeping patterns — the broken circle representing broken sleep — questioning whether external noises trigger a moment of waking, or whether it is merely the provocation of the unconscious mind.
Morpheus chronicles the oral markers and rhythms of inhaling and exhaling over the duration of one night’s slumber. This becomes a sample for understanding habitual sleeping patterns — the broken circle representing broken sleep — questioning whether external noises trigger a moment of waking, or whether it is merely the provocation of the unconscious mind.
Stay There, Giclée print on Canson Aquarelle Rag 310gsm, matte, warm-white, high-texture. 101.6 cm x 101.6 cm.
Data visualisation of 8:27 minute-recording of me and my partner in bed.
Capturing the swaying breath of a couple enraptured by their intimacy, Stay There is the only work within the Necessity Collection that includes two identical circles. Representing the proximity of two lovers, the rings do not signify two separate waveforms, but embody the physicality of two bodies and sets of breathing. Blurred frequencies emblematise their intertwining, sensual motion, heightened by the deep red colour that stains the canvas with inferred passion.
The Photography We Never Took, Giclée print on Canson Aquarelle Rag 310gsm, matte, warm-white, high-texture. 101.6 cm x 101.6 cm.
Reconstruction of a missing photography through sound data.
The Photography We Never Took follows the death of my father in 2019 and contemplates our relationship, which has been captured visually over time in only two existing photographs. Unfortunately, the latter has been lost. Retracing this lost artefact prompted me to enlist voice recordings as a means to recreate the image of the bond between my father and me. The sound forms of the two voices join together as two uniting circles, replacing the photograph they never took.
Victoria, Giclée print on Canson Aquarelle Rag 310gsm, matte, warm-white, high-texture. 101.6 cm x 101.6 cm.
Data visualisation of 2:45 minutes of birdsong recorded in Victoria Park, London.
Victoria visualises a walk in London’s Victoria Park, taken on a sunny day amidst the sound of human activity and birdsong. Two people are heard speaking in friendly conversation in German, others walk by and become part of the white noise characteristic of an outdoor stroll.
Morpheus, Giclée print on Canson Aquarelle Rag 310gsm, matte, warm-white, high-texture. 101.6 cm x 101.6 cm.
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