This project was part of an ongoing research initiative titled Inflecting Space, developed during my Master’s degree in Design and Digital Media at the University of Edinburgh. I collaborated with Louis Minnaar, an MSc Sound Design student at the time.
Our main goal was to investigate how sound shapes human perception of space, and what kinds of spatial cues sound can provide.
We created an interactive application, exhibited as an installation, where visitors used their own sounds, voices, claps, and bodily noises, as a medium to generate abstract visuals. These visuals responded in real-time to both the quality of the sound and the visitor’s spatial location, forming a dynamic relationship between body, voice, and visual transformation.
At designated points of audio inflection, the shapes and volumes of the projected visuals would shift suddenly. These inflection points invited playful experimentation: visitors clapped, sang, shouted, or whispered, testing how their presence could reshape the digital space.
Through this immersive and participatory experience, Inflecting Space explored the sonic construction of space—how we feel, map, and affect it with our voices and movement.