Wayward Bridge, Westward Sun
2023
Oriented strand board, coated steel pipe, cement, 12 channel live processed sound (Max MSP, 20 speakers, 3 microphones)
Wayward Bridge, Westward Sun, is a larger interactive architectural system that integrates sculpture with technology to encourage audience movement and exploration through sound spatialization. The form of the bridge suggests circularity and recursion, fugitive to the cartesian grid as it appears to dip beneath the surface of our known ground to emerge once more. It asks of participants to orient their bodies out of plumb and negotiate with gravity as they navigate the piece. Wayward Bridge, Westward Sun facilitates audience engagement by promoting exploration that is situated in personal intuition, rather than directed ambulance. As the audience traverses the architectural system, their movements an echo of my past journey as an immigrant body.
