Mix-Tape

tactile tableau

solo show, MadLab0, Paradise AIR 2016, Matsudo, Japan, 2016


Tactile 3-channel audio composition and cable-tape drawing installed on a 256 × 352 cm presentation wall, using sound transducers, adhesive tape, and speaker cables.

The work is based on field recordings collected in the Tokyo Metro system. The material includes announcement signals in Japanese and English, train movements, and infrastructural sound events recorded within the network.

The recordings are arranged as a three-channel composition in which individual sound events overlap and circulate spatially across the exhibition wall. The structure of the composition is translated into a cable-tape drawing applied directly onto the surface of the installation space.

The work connects sound and drawing as interrelated systems. The audio component is rendered audible through loudspeakers and simultaneously becomes physically accessible through vibration, which can be sensed by placing hands on the wall surface.

The installation operates as a spatial translation of infrastructural movement and signal systems within an urban environment.