What if we could amplify sounds that are too subtle to hear with the naked ear?

Deploying a series of microphones including shotgun microphones, contact microphones, and hydrophones, Nicolas Sowers harvested small and hidden sounds around the former Alameda Naval Air Station in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Panel picks up sounds such as birds, waves, pebbles, electricity, wind, and security fences. Through a software interface, the sounds are then routed and remixed into the panel. Transducers attached to the panel convert these signals into physical vibrations.