IS IT SOUND OR IS IT NOISE?
I’m overstimulated.
I’m overstimulated by sound.
Sound that becomes noise.
Noise of people, of traffic, of bad acoustics.
I’m overstimulated by the world.
More more more
I’m seeing a world where we are stuck in a cycle of wanting everything better, faster and more. Not because we need it, just because it is there. Did you ever think 4G was slow or only after 5G was an option? This more-more-more cycles is making us desensitised to the information and visual overload which is creating even more stimulus to keep your attention. For my ADHD brain this has caused an extremely overstimulating world. How can I live in this overstimulated world without getting overstimulated?
Solution or problem
In search for an answer, I used the AI to come up with solutions beyond noise-cancelling headphones. I want to cancel the noise, but not the sound. I want to be open to social interaction, but not open to the overstimulation. During the process, the AI gave me many-many-many solutions. The amount of unlimited possibilities, created in seconds and the perfectness of every execution was overstimulating by itself. Making me wonder if I am creating because it is necessary or just because I can.
In my interactive installation I visualize a tsunami of overstimulation. The images show the solutions to sound overstimulation, yet is such manner, it becomes the problem itself.
shown at ArtEZ FINALS exhibition 2024
I’m overstimulated by sound.
Sound that becomes noise.
Noise of people, of traffic, of bad acoustics.
I’m overstimulated by the world.
More more more
I’m seeing a world where we are stuck in a cycle of wanting everything better, faster and more. Not because we need it, just because it is there. Did you ever think 4G was slow or only after 5G was an option? This more-more-more cycles is making us desensitised to the information and visual overload which is creating even more stimulus to keep your attention. For my ADHD brain this has caused an extremely overstimulating world. How can I live in this overstimulated world without getting overstimulated?
Solution or problem
In search for an answer, I used the AI to come up with solutions beyond noise-cancelling headphones. I want to cancel the noise, but not the sound. I want to be open to social interaction, but not open to the overstimulation. During the process, the AI gave me many-many-many solutions. The amount of unlimited possibilities, created in seconds and the perfectness of every execution was overstimulating by itself. Making me wonder if I am creating because it is necessary or just because I can.
In my interactive installation I visualize a tsunami of overstimulation. The images show the solutions to sound overstimulation, yet is such manner, it becomes the problem itself.
shown at ArtEZ FINALS exhibition 2024
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