Sound from earth

COLLABORATOR: NASA (NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION)

YEAR: 2024

Sound from Earth is an installation that amplifies low frequency sounds in the environment. The whole device contains no electronic components, but only affects the transmission of sound through the combination of geometric shapes. Thus filtering out high frequency sounds and amplifying low frequency sounds.

Through it, you can feel the vibration of the sky before thunder, or hear the very low part of natural sounds such as wind or waves. It allows everyone to connect with the 'invisible nature' of the present moment.

Sound in the neture
Nature is filled with subtle and beautiful sounds, many of which lie in the lower frequency range. While the human ear can perceive sounds as low as 20 Hz, these ambient tones often go unnoticed, quietly woven into the background of our everyday lives.

glacier cracking sound

10 Hz - 30 Hz

thunder

20 Hz - 200 Hz

wave

0.5 Hz - 300 Hz

wind

5 Hz - 300 Hz

whale calls

10 Hz - 40 Hz

low-frequency animal communication

20 Hz - 200 Hz

NASA is using radio antennas to detect low-frequency sounds from earth.

But what if we have radio antennas for ears?

In fact, there have been many attempts throughout history.

Space age aesthetic
In the mid-20th century, during the Space Race, rapid advances in satellites, radar, and visual technologies reflected humanity’s drive to expand perception and explore beyond Earth. Their polished metal surfaces, spherical forms, and exposed instruments created a distinctive Space age aesthetic, where engineering precision, geometric clarity, and technological optimism defined the visual language of the future.

A non-electric sound amplifier
To amplify low-frequency sound, I created a basic form based on Helmholtz resonance.