Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics

翻译人员: dong liu 校对人员: Jenny Yang

I'm a creative technologist

我是一个富有创造力的技术人员，

and the focus of my work is on public installations.

我的工作是关注公共设备。

One of my driving passions

带给我激情的源泉之一，

is this idea of exploring nature,

是探索自然，

and trying to find hidden data within nature.

努力去探寻自然中的隐藏数据。

It seems to me that there is

对与我来说，

this latent potential everywhere, all around us.

它隐藏在各个地方，我们身边到处都有。

Everything gives out some kind of data,

每个事物都散发某种数据，

whether it's sound or smell or vibration.

不管是声音，或者气味，或者是振动。

Through my work, I've been

在工作中

trying to find ways to harness and unveil this.

我追踪溯源，

And so this basically led me to

最后，我发现了

a subject called cymatics.

一个名叫cymatics的东西。

Now, cymatics is the process of visualizing sound

现在，cymatics是一个使声音可视化的过程，

by basically vibrating a medium such as sand or water,

大部分是通过振动一种介质，例如沙子，或者水，

as you can see there.

正如你所见。

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

单回顾cymtics的历史，

beginning with the observations of resonance,

观察回声现象的有

by Da Vinci, Galileo, the English scientist Robert Hook

达芬奇，伽里略, 英国科学家Robert Hook,

and then Ernest Chladni.

还有Ernest Chladni.

He created an experiment using a metal plate,

Ernest Chladni发明使用金属盘子做试验，

covering it with sand and then bowing it

首先将沙子覆盖金属盘子，然后弯曲盘子，

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

就会出现大家在右侧看到的Chaldni图形。

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

受此激发，探索这个领域的另一个人

was a gentleman called Hans Jenny in the 1970s.

是上个世纪70年代的Hans Jenny先生，

He actually coined the term cymatics.

正是他创造了cymatics这个术语。

Then bringing us into the present day

带领我们进入现代cymatics领域的

is a fellow collaborator of mine

是我的一位同事兼合作者，

and cymatics expert, John Stewart Reed.

cymatics专家John Stewart Reed。

He's kindly recreated for us

他帮助我们重现了

the Chladni experiment.

Chaldni实验。

What we can see here is

我们眼前出现的

the metal sheet, this time connected to a sound driver

是金属薄片，它与声音驱动器相连，

and being fed by a frequency generator.

随频率发生器振动。

As the frequencies increase,

当频率增加时，

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

薄片上的图案也变的更加复杂多变，

As you can see with your own eyes.

正如你亲眼所见。

(Applause)

（掌声）

So, what excites me about cymatics?

cymatics使我激动的是什么？

Well, for me cymatics is an almost magical tool.

对与我来说，cymatics简直就是一个充满魔法的工具，

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

是我们发现隐藏世界的眼镜。

Through the numerous ways that we can apply cymatics,

虽然cymatics可以应用在很多方面，

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

但实际上我们从揭开不可见物质的面纱开始。

Devices like the cymascope, which you can see here,

cymascope这类的设备，就是你现在看见的，

have been used to scientifically observe cymatic patterns.

我们使用它来科学地观察cymatic图案。

And the list of scientific applications is growing every day.

这个领域中每天都出现新的科学应用，

For example, in oceanography,

例如：在海洋学中，

a lexicon of dolphin language is actually being created

通过观察海豚发射的声纳波图案，

by basically visualizing the sonar beams that the dolphins emit.

我们发现实际上海豚语言的词典正在增加。

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

希望在不远的将来，我们能够更加深刻地理解海豚间

of how they communicate.

到底是如何沟通的。

We can also use cymatics for healing and education.

同样，我们可以在治疗和教育中使用cymatics。

This is an installation developed with school children,

这是一种在校小学生使用的设备，

where their hands are tracked. It allows them

它能够通过跟踪手的位置，

to control and position cymatic patterns

控制并移动cymatic图案，

and the reflections that are caused by them.

以及对手势做出的反应。

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

我们也可以将cymatics看做美丽的自然艺术形式。

This image here is created from a snippet

这幅图片是通过演奏

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

Beethoven的第九交响曲片段得到的。

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

很像在翻转大脑里的东西

This is Pink Floyd's "Machine"

这是通过cymascope演奏

playing in real time through the cymascope.

Pink Floyd"Machine"的实时cymatics图案。

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

我们也可以将cymatics看做是观察自然的一副眼镜。

And we can actually recreate the archetypal forms of nature.

事实上，我们重新创造了自然的原型。

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

例如，左图是我们自然界中的雪花，

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

右图是我们创造的cymatic雪花。

And here is a starfish and a cymatic starfish.

这里是海星和cymatic海星。

And there is thousands of these.

这里有更多类似的。

So what does this all mean?

它们能够表明什么？

Well, there is still a lot to explore

其实，还有很多需要我们探索的。

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

早期研究这个领域的人不多。

But consider for a moment that sound does have form.

但自从声音可以有图案出现，

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

它影响并形成了很多新事物。

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

如果看的远一些，考虑一下宇宙形成时，

And think about the immense sound of the universe forming.

宇宙形成时的声音是什么样呢？

And if we kind of ponder on that, then perhaps

考虑到此，或许宇宙的cymatics

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

影响了宇宙形成的过程。

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

每个人都有很多机会，

DIY scientists and artists

不管是DIY，还是科学家，还是艺术家，

from all over the globe.

在全球的各个地方。

Cymatics is accessible to everybody.

cymatics为每个人提供机会。

I want to urge everybody here to

我想激发在座的每一位，

apply your passion, your knowledge

将自己的激情、知识和技能，

and your skills to areas like cymatics.

应用到cymatics类似的领域。

I think collectively we can build a global community.

我认为通过我们全体可以共建一个全球社区。

We can inspire each other.

我们互相鼓励。

And we can evolve this exploration

我们可以发展这个探索

of the substance of things not seen. Thank you.

不可见的物质。谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）