Sculpture of 8 Million Traces

ARTWORK

Sculpture of 8 Million Traces
2024

3D-printed nylon resin with a gold vapor-deposited finish
H290mm W120mm

This piece is part of my long-running series “8 million traces.” In this series, I make field recordings of sounds in various places, analyze them using an application called a sonograph to separate out different frequency bands, and then extract the mysterious shapes that drift through each sonic landscape—turning them into art. These shapes serve as metaphors for the spirits (chi-rei) of each place.

In this particular work, I took one of the shapes generated by the sonograph and used 3D-CAD software to rotate and “lift” it upward. It evokes the image of an earth spirit rising from the ground and spiraling up into the sky.

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