Tender Soul of Ocean: recall is a generative light and sound installation created with WHYIXD. Live wind data, speculative climate models and visitor movement shape an environment where sound and light continuously respond to the atmosphere around it.
OUR ROLE Generative Spatial Sound, Sound Design, Co-Creation & Co-Production, Sound Artist for “Tender Soul of Ocean: recall” // CREATION & PRODUCTION WHYIXD // ARTISTS WHYIXD, KLING KLANG KLONG // CO-PRODUCER & EXECUTIVE ORGANIZER C-LAB Taiwan Sound Lab // ORGANIZER Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) // SPONSOR Ministry of Culture, Republic of China, Taiwan // ORGANIZER (CMP INSPIRATION) CMP PUJEN Foundation for Arts and Culture // CO-ORGANIZERS CMP Group, PUJEN Land Development, Hotel National, CMP Park Lane // CURATORIAL & CREATIVE TEAM WHYIXD // VISUAL DESIGN HOUTH // PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTALLATION “SPECTRUM OF WHITE” Chuang Chih-Wei // MATERIAL SPONSORS CHENG MEI Materials Technology Corporation, Sing Mas Enterprise Co., Ltd. // EQUIPMENT PARTNER Samsung Neo QLED 8K // YEAR 2025
Tender Soul of Ocean: recall extends the Tender Soul of Ocean series, which began in Keelung, Taiwan, where coastal wind data was translated into flowing light. For recall, an outdoor sensor feeds live wind into the installation. Together with speculative future wind-field models, light, sound and visitor movement, this creates a perceptual environment that continuously recomposes itself.
We created a generative spatial sound environment that gives the work its audible climate. The composition responds to wind data and visitor presence, translating both into an evolving sonic field.
As the light reacts to the same forces, sound and image unfold as one living system. At times the sound feels distant and oceanic; at times close, fragile and breath-like. Each movement subtly changes the room, placing visitors inside a shared rhythm between present weather and an imagined future climate.
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