Harmonic Pulse
Complete sequence of cymatic formations generated by the heartbeat sound.
Image in this video appears in slow motion while the sound is in real time.
Image in this video appears in slow motion while the sound is in real time.
A small water vessel vibrates with the recorded acoustic frequencies of the artist’s heartbeat. Externalised from the body, the pulse shifts from an internal function to a material and spatial action. The water surface reorganises into brief cymatic formations that appear and dissolve in real time, rendering pulse as form. These transient patterns reveal fivefold-symmetric geometries, linking the rhythm of the body to the behaviour of matter.
Frames taken from the video, showing the sequence of movement and form generated by the heartbeat.
Complete frame sequence from the cymatic heartbeat video.