white house

Multi-channel sound installation composed of 48 speakers arranged in a gradient from black to white. Each speaker emits a recorded voice through a punctured felt surface at low volume, requiring close proximity and producing an intimate listening condition.

Voices were gathered across Japan through direct encounters, initiated by a simple question about color and personal association. Participants—including regional dialect speakers, craft practitioners, poets, and musicians—shared memories, texts, and lived experiences connected to their chosen color.

Sound, light, and material operate as a distributed field. Speakers are positioned behind a continuous felt surface, aligned with circular openings that allow sound to pass through, while subtle LED responses activate shifts across the surface. Listening becomes spatial and relational, where fragments of voice are encountered in isolation and color is experienced through sound.

white house
2016
Aichi Triennale
Multi-channel sound installation