What is it?
The Voice Harvester is an exploratory interactive installation that embodies human voice in physical materials. Sound input is amplified and transmitted through audio drivers connected to a thin, flexible membrane that agitates the material on it. The title “Voice Harvester” was derived from the fact that the installation create was able to elicit non-linguistic, expressive, and naturalistic human vocal sounds to explore the full range of capability of the human voice through use of a novel, playful, and embodied interaction.
read published paperTo Berlin and back
The exhibition was first showcased in Västerbottens museum in Umeå, Sweden and then was taken to Berlin, Germany and displayed as part of a Nordic exhibit at Felleshuset and the Scandinavian Embassy. The opening day alone saw over 600 guests pushing/pulling and interacting with the exhibit which was a real test to its durability.