A New Memory From The Future

A New Memory From The Future (2024)

Sound sculpture made from metal, gypsum, foam, plastic, moss, rubber, sleeves, glass, light neon

This project started as an assignment to align feelings with senses by writing down a description of emotions through sound assossiations and bodily sensations. And it went to some form of art with state of déjà vu in a dream. Into an object from a world that may or may not exist. Crumpled plastic in the shape of a heart that breathes when touched with compression. A broken vase. Broken glasses. A broken window. In a spiral, everything always comes back to the point of origin. Moss and flowers share the same soil as this creature. This work was created through an exploration of feelings such as guilt, anger, anxiety, sadness, joy, happiness, envy, pleasure. The path from uncomfortable emotions to acceptance. The body of the future world, the body of the future person. Search for answers through modeling possible surreal worlds.
(Made in collaboration with Stanislav Sidletskyi)

Prototypes and sketches:

Notes:Sadness - tail echo in a large empty lonely hangar, a taut string in the middle register with a minor undertone, metal. Body: dark circles under the eyes.Guilt - pitiful quiet whining, like a mosquito's whine that's impossible to get rid of, the sound of trying to swallow saliva, breathing before saying something, air passing through a saxophone. Body: lump in throat, corners of eyes dropping to jaw, chest cavity.Fear - low humming, low waves from impact, rattling, sound of broken glass, glass pieces barely trembling, bow on low string of double bass, skin, huge tambourine, strike, flesh, high squealing unpleasant screech, blocked ears, narrowing. Body: legs below knees buckling, everything in stomach falling and pressing as if in an airplane, trembling hands, calf muscles.Anger - low growling, fist hitting table, sound of match being lit, drum beats, earthquake, dense chest mid-low traditional singing, didgeridoo. Body: compressed lips, fists, strong legs, heavy legs, clear gaze, forehead forward.Jealousy - accordion, sharp gypsy bellows expansion, castanets, tadadam of heels on tiles, whip sound, tango. Body: sideways glance, pulled-in cheeks, desire to suck in stomach, desire to be better than you are, back stretches and body tenses like a bow.Anxiety - alarm, repeating nasty sounds, white noise with interruptions, many insects flying high whistle, high bow across string, bird's claws on metal roof, it falls and wants to hold on. Body: shoulders tensed, stomach, back, buttocks all tense and hard, temples pulsing.Happiness - silence, thin gentle sounds, major key on vibraphone with soft mallets, banjo, ukulele, rustling of leaves on trees from wind. Body: warmth spreading across chest, relaxed swaying hips, swinging legs on a high bench.Joy - children's laughter, bells, cheerful whistling, harmonica, xylophone with hard mallets, maracas, salsa. Body: smile, cheeks, free arms, want to walk, run, jump.Pleasure - cat's purring, mmmm, r'n'b, muffled drum beat, groovy funky bass. Body: slightly open relaxed mouth, smooth waves throughout body, relaxed stomach, hips.

Live performance on a sound installation made by Khrystyna Kirik & Stanislav Sidletskyi:

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