silence moves faster

2021 · Participatory sound installation · Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB)

Wooden spoke structure with balls on a concrete floor
Wall-mounted installation with tuning forks, a paintbrush, a ruler, and spoons

silence moves faster is a participatory room instrument in which visitors make sound through listening, improvisation, and collective interaction. Each encounter produces its own sonic environment.

Somewhere between sculpture and instrument, the installation sets the conditions for shared listening. Visitors explore relationships between gesture, resonance, balance, and chance, and each activation becomes a temporary composition shaped by collective attention.

Gallery sign reading 'Please engage with caution, two guest limit'
Two participants activating a suspended clear umbrella-like instrument
Participants with the clear umbrella-like instrument
Wooden spoke structure on the gallery floor
Overhead view of the wooden spoke structure with a participant

The work continues as an evolving body of research into listening, participation, and collective composition, with current iterations extending into community engagement, public space, and collaborative sound-making.

Geometric line drawing of circles and lines

silence moves faster
2021
Site-specific participatory sound installation
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB), Santa Barbara, California
Performed with participants including David Novak
Part of the Room Instrument series

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