SEMIOTICS OF SOUND
GRADUATE COLLECTION
CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS
2024
‘SEMIOTICS OF SOUND’ explores the idea of visualising everyday repetitive noises through weaving and coding. How can we translate intangible and abstract sounds into physical forms through weaving?
This sound weaving application utilises coding to allow users to record any sound and create their own unique jacquard weaving pattern that is instantly ready to weave. This coding framework enables the analysis of basic sound parameters like amplitudes, frequencies and waveform signals. Each parameter determines a specific weaving pattern, with the code selecting appropriate structures based on volume or pitch levels. For instance, higher pitches will trigger denser weft patterns. The configuration allows for pattern overlaps which results in distinctive weaving patterns.
This project also encourages ordinary people without previous knowledge of weaving or access to a loom to create weaving patterns solely from sound. In addition to sharing more awareness into weaving, this could also become a useful weaving design aid.
A big special thanks to Felix Loftus, code technician at Central Saint Martins, for making this project possible.
‘Semiotics of Sound’ web application as a user friendly weaving design aid tool. Turning any 5 seconds live sound into a weaving pattern spontaneously.