Douglas Henderson ::: Untitled 2004

A sound sculpture that doesn't really make any noise. A line of four 12” woofers painted swimming-pool turquoise point upward and are filled with water. A 79 minute composition of low frequency sine tones drives them via high-powered audio amplifiers. Patterns generated by the combinations of sound frequencies develop on the surface of the water, making static and moving shapes from fine stars to the coarse chop of a pool, to small storms hurling drops into the air. Most of the sound is inaudible -- it is music made to be seen, not heard.