Echo

Chamber Design + Sound Installation. 2021 - 2022 Echo is the space to find back our own voices. In the process of confiding, what needed is not the respond, but to listen. Just knowing there is someone listening.

The sound in the first nine months of life is the sound of the mother’s heartbeat, which is the first and only sound we hear before we come into the world. In a space with only the sound of heartbeats, it is easier for us to let go of our defences and confide with the sense of safety. These heartbeats are not only a signal to listen, but also a kind of encouragement without any judgements.

As we are currently living in a world that allows all the voices to speak loudly, our voices have all been drowned out by the voices of others. We tend to give up our own voice to become part of the majority.

Walking through the speakers, the chamber is for the individuals to focus on their own voice, providing the space that the process of selfexploration could happen.

Echo experiment.

Heart beats are transfered to the people on the other side of the confessional chamber by bluetooth electronic stethoscope. With the RAM material to provide the extra level of slience, the room will be full filled by the only voice of the person and the heartbeats as the background to encourage this person to dig deeper into his/her own “wants“.

The people sitting in front is the “listener“, yet also the confidant.