As it wEre
Sound Visualization of Mesostics (Medium: Arduino, LCD Display, Sound)
"As it wEre" is audio-visual installation inspired by John Cage’s mesostic performance work, “What You Say." In a mesostic, vertical text intersects the middle lines of horizontal text, forming an acrostic poem. This unique composition results in capital letters aligned vertically, creating empty spaces between lines. "As it wEre" explores these spaces, or visual silences, which constantly rupture and flow, creating intriguing sonic and visual patterns within both written and spoken words.
as it Were
anotHer world
A whole or
The best one can of it
suddenlY
sOmething
move
miniatUrized
[…]
oF it
a whole sUbject
aNd then
a whole Can be
whaT you say about
It
Occupy it
a whole caN
hAve
different timeS and
tAkes
can be throWn
and perHaps at the same time
Or
how does one deaL with
diffErent times and
hoW
about my tenDency
thrOwn into a
thEn
and then be inSerted
my tendency tO
move iNto it
— Excerpt from “What you say”