Sound-vibration: Relations between bodies, low frequencies, and multisensory experiments

Abstract

Multimodality research has enabled academics to propose and support new ideas in multiple modes for interpretation, communication, and as an important part of art education. In this piece, multimodal listening is situated as a transcendence of ear-centric approaches and the use of vibration as a poetic practice in contemporary art. As a result, sonic arts and sound experience principles are used to talk about everyday sounds in new and immersive ways, encouraging the audience to disrupt established sensorial boundaries. Subsequently, sound-vibration can be interrelated as a mode of multimodality and as a resource for meaning-making in possible contemporary practices. If perception is considered multifaceted, one could notice the world as an integration of conscious or unaware inputs. In the experience of sound installations, one may explore oscillations as a valuable channel for understanding multimodal approaches since, unlike visual or tactile interactions, the relationship between sound and the body hinges on fully embodied situations. The underlying thought in this piece will emerge from two recent art pieces, that produce atmospheres and blur the concrete division of senses, transversely representing the potential of the low frequencies.