
Soul
Sound installation
2022
2022
In the electron double-slit interference experiment, scientists found that electrons would interfere with themselves. However, the interference disappears when they try to observe as if the electrons know whether they are watching. Such discoveries have sparked debate about if electrons have consciousness. Although this claim has not been proven yet, it led to a wider imaginary space of the relationship between consciousness, soul, and electrons.
In this work, I regard electrons as evidence of the existence of the soul and try to make the soul play music and sound. I use a static electrostatic ball as a device to extract the soul. When a person approaches the device, the electrons on their body will be attracted by static electricity. Then, the nearby inductors will receive the electric current, and the signal could be converted into different sounds - one from the depths of the soul.
In addition to experiments, this sound is also a return of bodily perception (including auditory and tactile). After hearing the sound, our consciousness should produce subtle corresponding feedback and is absorbed by the device again.
In this work, I regard electrons as evidence of the existence of the soul and try to make the soul play music and sound. I use a static electrostatic ball as a device to extract the soul. When a person approaches the device, the electrons on their body will be attracted by static electricity. Then, the nearby inductors will receive the electric current, and the signal could be converted into different sounds - one from the depths of the soul.
In addition to experiments, this sound is also a return of bodily perception (including auditory and tactile). After hearing the sound, our consciousness should produce subtle corresponding feedback and is absorbed by the device again.
在電子雙狹縫干涉實驗中,科學家發現電子會與自身產生干涉作用,但在他們試圖觀測時干涉現象就會消失,彷彿電子知道自己是否正在被觀測,這樣的發現引發了人們對於電子是否擁有意識的討論,儘管這個說法尚未被證實,卻讓人對意識、靈魂與電子之間的關係有更大的想像空間。在這件作品中我將電子視為靈魂存在的表徵之一,並試圖讓靈魂演奏音樂或聲響,我以靜電球作為抽取靈魂的裝置,當人靠近裝置時身上的電子被帶正電的靜電球吸引,電子的流動被附近的電感接收,最後將訊號轉化成不同的聲響—來自靈魂深處的聲音。除了實驗外,作品中的聲響也是種身體感知(包括聽覺以及觸覺的)的迴返,從身上游離的電子化作聲音被聽見後,意識當下也產生了細微的相對應的反饋再次被裝置吸收。