Silent Resonance: Echoes of Authority
The Silent Resonance: Echoes of Authority is a video work that combines visual and auditory experience, As the introduction to the project "A Balloon for the Barbican - Politics of Listening in the City of London", through an in-depth exploration of the spatial environment of the Barbican Centre, It reveals the complex relationship between the unique aesthetics of brutalist architecture and the acoustic space.
This work contributes to the doctoral research by examining how sound operates within systems of spatial control and regulation, revealing the political dimensions embedded in the acoustic environments of Brutalist architecture.
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The visual elements in the image include the Barbican pool, the surface of the building and its natural environment inside, which together form a symbolic spatial landscape. Through the modular synthesizer, I created reverberations and illusory auditory effects in the sound part, trying to capture and express a feeling similar to auditory hallucinations. By combining visual and sonic manipulation, the work reframes architectural space as a perceptual construct shaped not only by physical structure but also by mediated and imagined acoustic experiences.
Through the interweaving of audio-visual language, the work invites the audience to revisit the iconic Barbican and explore the hidden and profound interaction between architecture and sound. The Barbican Centre is not only important milestone in the history of architecture, but also a site where sonic regulation and spatial control become perceptible.
In this sense, the work contributes to the research by demonstrating how listening can reveal the intersection of architecture, perception, and power within urban space.
