Floating Vibrotactile floor installed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia for Maria Fernanda Cardoso On the Origins of Art I-II, 2016

The MCA did an amazing job installing a huge floating floor in the gallery space for the installation so that audiences can feel the amazingly detailed vibration produced during the spider’s courtship dance. I recreated the effect using organic and synthesised sources in a way that allows the audience to experience the spiders intimate communication. The floor is fitted with 6 tactile transducers which can reproduce powerful vibrations, so that most of the sound is felt rather than heard by the audience. This is the largest sound/vibration install we have done with this work to date and I am pretty happy with the results. This design will also be used by the Tate who they exhibit the work in the near future.