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Arek Krupiński on sound design

“My goal was to design the complementary sound for the light installation, in which a flat screen plays the role of an entrance to the metaverse and also a tool to explore it. The size of the installation, the cubature of the room, and the bottom-to-top flow of the animation convinced me to use a vertical quadraphony (4 speakers). To create a feeling of discovering new places in sound, I decided to use a virtual modular system (VCV Rack) that allows for a great plasticity during the process of construction.”

“The overall sound space consists of several layers. Some of them are being constantly generated, and the others flow with their own fixed rhythm, scrolling through the sonic worlds. Each of the layers has a different length, different articulation and a different character. Thanks to this approach, we obtain the polyrhythmic effect. The layers react to each other, and are also triggered by the visuals, including the cameras. The entire audiovisual system is tangled together by a mass of connections, to keep the overall feeling consistent. You can even say that you are dealing with an audiovisual instrument. For everyone who stands in front of the camera it will be a slightly different experience – your unique personal way of interacting with the factors will produce a new mutation of the whole system.”