The Soul of Breath is an interactive installation making felt the invisible connection between humans and the natural environment, through an amplification of breath.



How you experience it ?

Viewers are invited to blow into the microphone, and the fabric reacts according to the participant’s breathing cycle . The sound changes frequency depending on the breath as well as any sound in the environment, including wind.





How it work?

 
"From my experiments with sensors and audio equipment, I’ve found that capturing the sound and movement of breathing is more effective than detailed scientific data, while also lowering barriers to audience participation."

  
             “Its ephemeral skin influence
             the surroundings as much as
             its other side space offers a
             lucid view outwards.
             This part offers the viewer a
             magical place to merge
             breath, sound, and  nature,                          challenging our perception.”

"I valued the linearity of sound transmission. I wanted to use this characteristic to create a connection that ties together two other elements."

                                             

🚶️Sound Collection:
     Microphones capture sounds from the audience and the surrounding environment.

🚶️Data Integration:
     These sounds are directly fed into the software Ableton via a microphone interface.

🚶️Motion Control:
     The frequency and timbre of the captured sounds determine the swinging frequency of motors that move fabric components, which rotate in response to the sound data.

🚶️Music Composition:
     Based on the fabric's swinging frequency, Ableton rearranges and modifies pre-stored music fragments, altering sound frequencies.

🚶️Sound Output:
     The resulting melodies, with varying tones, are played through directional speakers.

Interactive performance















“Humans have separated themselves from nature for a long time, categorizing it as an entity with nothing to do with us. As a species, we are fascinated with understanding others, but not necessarily their and our world or associated worlds. But it turns out that ecosystems must be seen as complex networks of interactions and influences to understand the relationship between us and the world. Therefore, a logic of human exceptionalism, or a separation of nature and culture, misses the point.

For me, breathing is seen as an essential connection to nature. There is always the intimacy between ourselves and the atmosphere around us here in the native world. Through our breath that we are constantly connecting with the world. I made this installation hoping that it would allow the viewer to feel the breathing connection we have with the world, to feel the many other living and non-living things that share our planet in a poetic way. Following the patterns and forces of the wind, the sun, and the weather: the air has no borders. It belongs to no one yet gives itself freely to all. ”

Research and experiment note: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVO2HJs0k=/