Sounding Circle by Jason Charney September 13, 2012

Sounding Circle is an interactive audio installation: a wishing well, an icebreaker, and a participatory musical machine. When participants enter its space, they are presented with a written prompt that is projected on the wall in front of them. Participants are encouraged to respond thoughtfully to the prompt, speaking into a microphone. Their recorded answer echoes around them, becoming increasingly manipulated by dynamic programmed transformations. The sounds expand in concentric circles, like the ripples on the surface of water when a coin is tossed in.