Sounding Canvas
Sounding Canvas is a family of interactive paintings that come alive through touch, responding with sound as if the surface were capable of listening.
Touching a Sounding Canvas is never a mechanical action. Even the same gesture, repeated in the same place, will not yield the same sound. Each artwork carries its own form of intelligence: it remembers the history of every interaction and interprets the evolving language of gestures. What it gives back is a non-verbal answer, a sound shaped by your presence, your movement, your care.
When connected over the internet, two or more Sounding Canvases form a shared sensory space. A touch on one painting can spark a sound on another, no matter the distance between them. In this way, each piece has a dual life: alone, it acts as an artificial companion capable of dialogue; together, they become mediators of subtle, perceptual communication between distant human beings.
As your fingers meet the surface, the painting answers with evolving sound, opening a delicate conversation that continues if you choose to follow it further.
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Sounding Stage is a proprietary interactive scenic environment developed by Perceptrum. It utilizes capacitive sensing on both horizontal (floor) and vertical (curtains) planes, detecting performer proximity and transforming corporeal presence and movement history into complex data for real-time algorithmic sound synthesis.
The platform functions as an active, listening environment: performers’ gestures, speed, and spatial positioning influence the soundscape in real-time. Interactive floor and curtain zones allow precise control over rhythm, harmony, and ambiance for a deeply immersive performance.
Through adaptive algorithms and movement history interpretation, the Sounding Stage evolves beyond simple triggering, enabling narrative and memory-driven interactions.
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Photo: Darragh Hehir