Touched Mute (2017)

Touched Mute is a wearable sound device made from bone conductors. In this work, the performer wears the device on their elbows and proceeds to place their hands over the audience’s ears. The sound is transmitted through the performer’s body, traveling from bones in arms to the hands, and then to the audience's ears. The sound played through the device is based on white noise, modulated with a filter to limit its frequency to below 500Hz. This range is chosen to minimize sound leakage into the surrounding air. When listened to during the performance, the sound conjures a spatial sensation, creating an illusion of a vast, almost eternal space, contrasting with the isolated experience created by the physical action of covering the ears.