HUMAN INSTRUMENT

A 45-minute immersive A/V dome performance, HUMAN INSTRUMENT explores the interplay between voice, vibration, and liquid matter, rendering sound as a living, visual presence. Within this sensory environment, voice becomes more than an auditory experience—it manifests as a tangible force, shaping the space and dissolving the boundaries between performer, audience, and medium.

Developed at the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT), the project integrates macro photography, live performance, and real-time audiovisual processing through an interactive system designed by Isabella Salas and Patrick Trudeau. Using 4K imaging and cymatics, sonic frequencies are translated into organic, fluid geometries, which unfold across the dome in real-time, creating an evolving landscape of resonance and form.

At the heart of the visual rig, a macro lens magnifies a petri dish of liquid, where each singer’s voice sculpts intricate, ephemeral formations—a fleeting yet intimate visualization of the human instrument in action.

The performance bridges the physical and the ancestral, as Rafelle Mackay’s original sound and music composition braids with the voices of Anishinaabe and Ojibwe Elders, whose water prayer envelops the space.
This invocation—both sonic and spiritual—resonates beyond the performance, echoing through the elemental, the historical, and the deeply interconnected.

Exhibitions & Screenings

2019 _ Immersed Festival [UK]

Société des Arts Technologiques [CA] retake

2018_ Société des Arts Technologiques [CA]