Hypnomatics

These images are created using Cymatics: tonal sound vibrations on the surface of water resulting in unique and unpredictable shapes. Since I am working with feedback loops, the shapes change continuously revealing mysterious new patterns. The camera aperture slices time, revealing patterns not seen. There is a mystery and subtle power perceived. I think of this work as fusing science, aesthetics, and alchemical self-transmutation.

Working in darkness, listening to loops of a single tone channeled through analog keyboards into pools of water atop digital speakers, I attain an altered state of consciousness. This sensual sound bath combined with the light dancing on the surface of the water induces a state that is illuminating, pleasing, and rejuvenating. The traces of this moment, infused into the unaltered print, invite the viewer to move into a space of feeling, and openness to the unseen.

I rely on water as the classic medium of empathy and non-verbal feeling. Within the history of Cymatics and photographic exploration, this work echoes the soft boundary of science (or pseudo-science) and art, while affirming the need for art to transmute consciousness.