Survival
Sounds / Performance / Installation 2025
INTRO
Survival is an installation that combines sound and sculpture, immersing the audience in a sensory field where invisible pressure slowly builds toward rupture. The work consists of six wire cages, each suspending a balloon and a speaker—together forming a system that exists in a state of constant tension, restrained yet always on the verge of collapse.
In the exhibition, the balloons are inflated to different sizes, as if frozen in a suspended breath just before bursting. Inside each balloon, a speaker plays filtered urban noise—fragments of traffic, electricity, and human presence—muffled and blurred by the rubber exterior, yet continuously present. The entire installation remains static, with no active inflation; the behavioral process is presented through video documentation.
This is a simulation of invisible oppression: the explosion has already occurred, but the sound continues to resonate. The work invites the viewer to inhabit a space of unresolved tension—where collapse has passed, but its energy remains suspended—and reflect on the fragile state of survival in contemporary urban life.
The installation consists of black balloons, wire cages, speakers and air pumps, with a flexible layout. Each unit forms a closed and tensioned structure on the verge of rupture.
An Arduino board controls six air pumps. Each pump activates randomly within a 3–5 minute interval, with programmed delays between them to create an unpredictable inflation rhythm.
The sound was recorded by a Zoom H5 and edited in Ableton Live, featuring urban noise sources such as traffic, electrical hums, and crowd sounds. The low frequencies were intentionally reduced in post-production to prevent them from clashing with the noise of the air pumps and creating an overly chaotic sound environment.