Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics

Translator: Lenka Tušar Reviewer: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

I'm a creative technologist

Sem kreativni tehnolog,

and the focus of my work is on public installations.

posvečam pa se javnim postavitvam.

One of my driving passions

Ena mojih glavnih strasti

is this idea of exploring nature,

je zamisel o raziskovanju narave

and trying to find hidden data within nature.

in iskanju skritih podatkov v njej.

It seems to me that there is

Zdi se mi,

this latent potential everywhere, all around us.

da so skrite možnosti povsod okrog nas.

Everything gives out some kind of data,

Vse nam ponuja neke vrste podatke,

whether it's sound or smell or vibration.

naj bo zvok, vonj ali vibracija.

Through my work, I've been

Skozi moje delo sem poskušal

trying to find ways to harness and unveil this.

najti načine za njihovo zaznavanje in razkrivanje.

And so this basically led me to

To me je vodilo k področju,

a subject called cymatics.

imenovanem kimatika.

Now, cymatics is the process of visualizing sound

Kimatika je postopek upodabljanja zvoka

by basically vibrating a medium such as sand or water,

preko vibracije medija, kot sta pesek ali voda,

as you can see there.

kot lahko vidite tu.

So, if we have a quick look at the history of cymatics

Sprehodimo se na hitro skozi zgodovino kimatike,

beginning with the observations of resonance,

začenši z opazovanji resonance,

by Da Vinci, Galileo, the English scientist Robert Hook

ki so jih izvedli Da Vinci, Galileo, Anglež Robert Hook

and then Ernest Chladni.

in kasneje Ernest Chladni.

He created an experiment using a metal plate,

Njegov poizkus je temeljil na kovinski plošči,

covering it with sand and then bowing it

posuti s peskom, ob katero je potegnil z lokom,

to create the Chladni patterns that you see here on the right.

pri čemer so se ustvarili taki Chladnijevi vzorci.

Moving on from this, the next person to explore this field

Naslednji se je v sedemdesetih letih s tem ukvarjal

was a gentleman called Hans Jenny in the 1970s.

gospod po imenu Hans Jenny.

He actually coined the term cymatics.

On je pravzapral skoval izraz kimatika.

Then bringing us into the present day

V sedanjosti je pomemben

is a fellow collaborator of mine

tudi moj sodelavec,

and cymatics expert, John Stewart Reed.

strokovanjak za kimatiko, John Stewart Reed.

He's kindly recreated for us

Za nas je poustvaril

the Chladni experiment.

Chladnijev poizkus.

What we can see here is

Tu lahko vidimo kovinsko ploščo,

the metal sheet, this time connected to a sound driver

tokrat povezano z zvočnim virom

and being fed by a frequency generator.

in frekvenčnim generatorjem.

As the frequencies increase,

Z naraščanjem frekvence

so do the complexities of the patterns that appear on the plate.

se veča tudi zapletenost vzorcev na plošči.

As you can see with your own eyes.

Kot lahko vidite sami.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)

So, what excites me about cymatics?

Kaj me torej navdušuje pri tem?

Well, for me cymatics is an almost magical tool.

Zame je kimatika nekakšno magično orodje.

It's like a looking glass into a hidden world.

Je kot okno v skriti svet.

Through the numerous ways that we can apply cymatics,

Preko številnih načinov uporabe kimatike

we can actually start to unveil the substance of things not seen.

lahko dejansko začnemo razkrivati bistvo nevidnih stvari.

Devices like the cymascope, which you can see here,

Z napravami, kot je tale kimaskop,

have been used to scientifically observe cymatic patterns.

lahko znanstveno opazujemo kimatične vzorce.

And the list of scientific applications is growing every day.

Seznam možnosti znanstvene uporabe pa se dnevno daljša.

For example, in oceanography,

V oceanografiji, na primer,

a lexicon of dolphin language is actually being created

so ustvarili slovar delfinskega jezika

by basically visualizing the sonar beams that the dolphins emit.

z upodobitvami zvočnih valov, ki jih delfini oddajajo.

And hopefully in the future we'll be able to gain some deeper understanding

V prihodnosti bomo morda lahko bolje razumeli,

of how they communicate.

kako se sporazumevajo.

We can also use cymatics for healing and education.

Kimatika je uporabna tudi v zdravstvu in izobraževanju.

This is an installation developed with school children,

To je postavitev, ki smo jo razvili z otroki,

where their hands are tracked. It allows them

pri čemer sledimo njihovim dlanem.

to control and position cymatic patterns

S tem nadzirajo in nameščajo kimatične vzorce

and the reflections that are caused by them.

ter odseve nanje.

We can also use cymatics as a beautiful natural art form.

Kimatika je lahko tudi čudovita naravna oblika umetnosti.

This image here is created from a snippet

Ta podoba predstavlja delček Beethovnove

of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony playing through a cymatic device.

Devete simfonije, predvajane na kimatični napravi.

So it kind of flips things on its head a little bit.

Stvari nekako postavi na glavo.

This is Pink Floyd's "Machine"

To je skladba "Machine" skupine Pink Floyd,

playing in real time through the cymascope.

odigrana skozi kimaskop.

We can also use cymatics as a looking glass into nature.

Skozi kimatiko se nam odpre tudi okno v naravo.

And we can actually recreate the archetypal forms of nature.

Tako lahko poustvarimo naravne arhetipske oblike.

So, for example, here on the left we can see a snowflake as it would appear in nature.

Tu na levi lahko vidimo snežinko, kot se pojavi v naravi.

Then on the right we can see a cymatically created snowflake.

Na desni pa kimatično ustvarjeno snežinko.

And here is a starfish and a cymatic starfish.

Tu vidimo morsko zvezdo in njeno kimatično sestro.

And there is thousands of these.

Obstaja na tisoče takih primerov.

So what does this all mean?

Kaj je torej bistvo?

Well, there is still a lot to explore

Še vedno je treba ogromno raziskati,

in its early days. And there's not many people working in this field.

poleg tega pa se s tem ne ukvarja veliko ljudi.

But consider for a moment that sound does have form.

A pomislite, da zvok kljub vsemu ima obliko.

We've seen that it can affect matter and cause form within matter.

Videli smo, da vpliva na snov in njeno obliko.

Then sort of take a leap and think about the universe forming.

Mislite širše in pomislite na oblikovanje vesolja

And think about the immense sound of the universe forming.

in na njegov neizmerljiv zvok.

And if we kind of ponder on that, then perhaps

Če dobro razmislimo o tem,

cymatics had an influence on the formation of the universe itself.

bi lahko kimatika vpliva na oblikovanje vesolja.

And here is some eye candy for you, from a range of

Tu je še nekaj lepih posnetkov,

DIY scientists and artists

ki so jih ustvarili domači raziskovalci in

from all over the globe.

umetniki s celega sveta.

Cymatics is accessible to everybody.

Kimatika je dosegljiva vsem.

I want to urge everybody here to

Rad bi vas spodbudil,

apply your passion, your knowledge

da vaše strasti, znanje in sposobnosti

and your skills to areas like cymatics.

uporabite v področjih, kot je kimatika.

I think collectively we can build a global community.

Verjamem, da lahko skupaj ustvarimo globalno skupnost.

We can inspire each other.

En drugega lahko navdihujemo

And we can evolve this exploration

in tako razvijamo odkrivanje bistva

of the substance of things not seen. Thank you.

nevidnih stvari. Hvala lepa.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)