Wavespace

Wavespace is an immersive water and light artwork that translates sound into a visual experience using cymatics. Audience members enter into a dark room and lie down beneath a circular screen hanging from the ceiling. Beneath the screen, a mirrored bowl filled with water vibrates with low oscillating tones, transforming the still pool of water into a kinetic surface of waves. A patented projection optic hangs from the ceiling and reflects off the water, projecting ever-shifting liquid patterns overhead onto the disc. These projections fill the audience’ visual field with caustic light patterns that rise and fall as the tones change frequency. The experience is similar to staring into a campfire or cloud-gazing where the viewer's imagination runs free in wordless visual association.
Turczan’s Wavespace is an immersive artwork that invites viewers to experience sound as a liquid light phenomenon. The artist first started developing the piece in 2013 with the goal of using water as a natural lens to shape light. He spent over a decade researching fluid dynamics, optics and cymatics to create the Wavespace series.
Viewers enter a dark room and lie down beneath a circular screen hanging from the ceiling. Beneath the screen, a mirrored basin containing a small pool of water sits at the center. The basin vibrates with low oscillating tones, sculpting the water into cymatic wave patterns that are reflected overhead. The optical experience can be interpreted in countless ways and invites the viewer to engage with their imagination.