Transponder 2024
Aluminum honeycomb panels, stones, beeswax, aluminum dust, speaker I Variable dimensions
An immersive installation in which salvaged space-grade aluminum honeycomb panels become surfaces for drawing with locally gathered stones. Originally engineered for aerospace technologies and satellite structures, the panels carry within them a history of transmission, distance, and communication beyond the human scale. Their lightweight cellular structure contrasts with the raw mineral presence of the stones, bringing together materials that evoke both geological time and technological futurity. Using the resonance of the vaulted ceiling as an acoustic body, the work unfolds through a sound composition that intertwines field recordings, vocalizations, and the amplified gestures produced during the act of drawing itself. Friction, impact, breath, and reverberation become part of an expanded spatial choreography in which mark-making transforms into sound. The installation moves between drawing, sculpture, and sonic environment, proposing transmission not as the delivery of clear signals, but as vibration, echo, and resonance. In Transponder, materials once designed to circulate information through space are reoriented toward processes of listening, embodiment, and presence.