Everything Vibrates – Sound and Perception

Ever­y­thing we hear is based on vibra­ti­on. Sound emer­ges when move­ments, fre­quen­ci­es, and reso­nan­ces spread through the air, through mate­ri­als, and through the body, beco­ming per­cep­ti­ble. In Ever­y­thing Vibra­tes we approach the­se foun­da­ti­ons of lis­tening not only theo­re­ti­cal­ly, but through con­cre­te expe­ri­ments, acces­si­ble models, and our own sonic explorations.

At the cent­re are con­cepts in which the phy­si­cal pro­per­ties of sound beco­me audi­ble, visi­ble, and tan­gi­ble. This makes it pos­si­ble to expe­ri­ence how com­plex sounds can be com­po­sed from simp­le vibra­tio­nal forms, and how clo­se­ly lis­tening, move­ment, and mate­ria­li­ty are connected.

Depen­ding on the con­text and for­mat, dif­fe­rent empha­ses can be set — for exam­p­le on the basics of addi­ti­ve syn­the­sis, on the pro­per­ties of vibra­ti­on and sine waves, on buil­ding simp­le vir­tu­al syn­the­si­zers, on com­bi­ning fre­quen­ci­es, ampli­tu­des, and pha­se rela­ti­onships, on bea­ting fre­quen­ci­es, or on expe­ri­ments with otoa­cou­stic emissions.