2015
Translations
Translations by Emergent Art Space at the Rabindranath Tagore Centre in Kolkata, India.
“Translating refers to bringing across, transporting, and transferring.
It is a process that aims to make ideas and information understandable from
one language to another,
to make them accessible from one culture to the next.
Translations facilitate communication and expand our understanding.
Moving between languages, forms, times
and identities, translations make us more acutely aware of differences and similarities,
and force us to see and address them.
Translations remind us that understanding is never easy or granted,
and that it always requires effort, patience, an open mind, and courage.
What is lost in translation and what is found?”
-Emergent Art Space
Artist Statement
Lowest Hearing Frequency Range
Best heard with headphones. This artwork used cymatics technique to display the lowest frequency hearing range of various animals. I placed water within a dish over a sub-woofer and allowed the vibrations to transition 10Hz – 100Hz, then 100Hz – 10Hz. The representation of the different animals’ hearing abilities alerts us to unnoticed, organic and delicate modes of communication other than speaking a language or utilizing the internet. This mode is translated to our physical understanding of it: light, visual texture and vibration – making the invisible visible and hopefully, more appreciated.
'Translations' Exhibition Catalogue
