Collaborators
Nevan Madrid
Nima Hamidi
Dr. Ramirez-Andreotta’s Environmental Science Laboratory
Products
Art Exhibition
Services
Concept & Art Direction
Data Physicalization
Data Sonification
Exhibition Design
Years
2019-2025
Ripple Effect is an interactive installation that visualizes local water quality data through sound, light, and water.
Through software technology, water contamination data is translated into sound waves.
The installation consists of speakers that play the ‘data sound tracks’, which vibrate the water held in attached trays. The sonic vibrations create unique patterns to emerge in the water, known as water cymatics.
Participants hear and see the water vibrate based on the chemical concentrations found in their water samples.
Exhibited At
- Biosphere 2; Arizona, U.S.
- Istituzione Fondazione Bevilacqua; Venice, Italy
- Hidden Door Art Festival; Edinburgh, Scotland
- South by Southwest Festival; Texas, U.S.
- The Duderstadt Gallery; University of Michigan, U.S.
- Inspace Art Gallery; Edinburgh, Scotland
Awards & Recognition
- Information is Beautiful Gold Award Winner
- Lumen Prize for Art & Technology Shortlist
- Biosphere E-STEAM Residency
