THIS REACTIVE SOUND SCULPTURE EMERGED FROM THE COSMOS OF THE FRACTAL ENGINE SERIES, WHICH BEGAN IN 2012 WITH SIMPLE CARDBOARD BOXES, PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND INTERVENTIONS IN STRANGE, OFTEN UNSTABLE SPACES. WHAT INITIALLY EXISTED AS A RAW, EPHEMERAL, ALMOST ARCHAIC INVESTIGATION OF MODULARITY, REPETITION, AND SPACE-FORMATION GRADUALLY CONDENSED INTO A MULTISENSORIAL SCULPTURE.

MADE OF 16 MM CNC-MILLED BEECH WOOD AND CLAD IN BLACK ACRYLIC GLASS, THE WORK MARKS A POINT AT WHICH THE EARLIER PROVISIONALITY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A PRECISE, ALMOST MECHANICAL CORPOREALITY. THE SCULPTURE REMAINS A MODULAR SPATIAL OBJECT, BUT IT IS NO LONGER ONLY FORM: IT BECOMES AN ACOUSTIC APPARATUS, A SENSITIVE BODY, A BLACK RESONANCE MACHINE.

BUILT-IN SENSORS AND SPEAKERS EXTEND THE OBJECT INTO A REACTIVE REGISTER. THE PRESENCE OF BODIES IN SPACE IS NOT MERELY ILLUSTRATED, BUT TRANSLATED INTO A MODIFICATION OF SOUND. WHAT MATTERS IS NOT THE TECHNICAL GESTURE ITSELF, BUT THE SHIFT IN THE SCULPTURE’S CONDITION: FROM A STATIC OBJECT TO A SPATIAL, PERCEPTIVE, AND RESPONSIVE SYSTEM.