FREQUENCY IS THE PASSAGE OF TIME

cymatics 3d

computational simulation

Sancho´s genuine interest in sound-based geometries is what made me continue to research. With today's technologies, he developed a 3D simulation of the patterns. A phenomena taken from Chladini plates. Whereas in this novel code is no intervention of any material, just mathematical calculations that model a geometry based on a specific frequency and sine waves.
The wall sculptures had been carved with a manual grinder in olive wood which was over 400 years old. Then tensioned and suspended by stainless steel cables and handmade alluminium fittings attached to rectangular frames.

"2054 hz"

"1830 hz - 1539hz"

"1939 hz"

"1453 hz"

"2021 hz"

"432HZ – 610HZ – 1220HZ"

"cyma chord"

carving frequencies

The series "Frequency is the passage of time" made in Italy in 2021, seeks to represent the tridimensional shape of Chladini plates. These are based on experiments carried out by the German scientist Ernst Chladini, a pioneer of acoustics.

Starting with a metal plate, to which he added sand and made it vibrate with different frequencies. The points at which the plate does not vibrate, known as nodal lines, the sand stands still. Leaving reflected patterns, which mainly variate according to the frequency, the material and the size of the plate.