Sound Shapes Sand in Beautiful Demonstrations of Sound Visualization

By on November 28, 2011

Japanese performance artist Kenichi Kanazawa taps a rubber mallet on a steel table to make sound vibrations that create beautiful transforming sand patterns. Using a scientific sound-visualizing process called Cymatics, he is able to manipulate the complex sand shapes by making frequencies visible through these vibrations: the higher the frequency, the more complex the design.

via The Awesomer and Gakken

Written by Rusty Blazenhoff

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