Vibration

R I S K  T A K I N G   &   E X P E R I M E N T A T I O N  

This week I have done some more research into whale song and I have now developed an underlying theme for my Visions of Sound brief : Vibration. Whale song produces up to 230 decibels in pitch and so the vibration under the water is enormous.  I am also starting to ponder some other interesting concepts. For example are sound waves under water never ending? Do they go on forever? This also leads me to thinking about the idea of infinity. 

So to keep up to date on my thought processes ... 

Whale song and vibration - starting point 

Idea of sound waves under water - Infinite

Water ?

Movement?

Ripples.... All things to consider 

So in order to do some primary research I decided to construct a little bit of risk taking and experimentation. 

After looking into how whales produce sounds and vibration, I have conducted an experiment to see how the sound and vibration of my chosen song would affect liquid (ink). I have chosen to use ink as it is a water based substance, and so I am still visually researching into water, vibration and sound. 

To do this experiment I firstly dropped ink onto paper. Then dropped water around and on top of the ink. I then held paper firmly over the speaker and played my chosen song for one minute. 

Above is how it looked before the song was played, and below was the result after the 60 seconds were up.