From Bud to Bloom

Fall 2022 | LA 101 | Kate Smaby Hyunch Sung

Musical Score ?

Drawing inspiration from John Cage’s experimental composition, 4’33’’, I performed a creative study of the abstraction of sound. Although the process of growth from seed to full bloom is seemingly quiet and demure, it is a powerful and inspiring phenomena I wanted to try capturing nonetheless. I challenged myself to conceptualize what I imagined the soundscape of growth to look like if we could visually see sound in tandem with the beauty of flower growth. Creatively interpretating the audible manifestation of budding and blooming.

Serial, Time-Based Phenomena Study

Change is inevitable with time. As we grow, things develop, they expand, they evolve, they mature, they regress. Perspectives change. For this project, I wanted to explore time through the lens of growth, specifically, the growth of a flower from seedling to full bloom. I used birchwood as my medium, capturing the delicate and fragile movements of the flower as it grows. By analyzing time-lapse recordings, I developed this study in a series of 5, each roughly 3 days apart.