Somatic Echo
Somatic Echo is an experimental sound art project that utilizes bone-conducted sound to investigate human audition and create an unusual and mesmerizing experience of the body as a medium of sound. The installation uses a reclining chair and a sound mask to play an 8-channel composition through 8 transducers placed on the user's head. The transducers transmit sound through the bone structure of the skull directly to the listener’s inner ear, bypassing the outer ears, the normal gateway for auditory signals. Listeners experience the soundscape through both auditory and tactile senses perceiving a sonic image shaped by the sound traveling through the head structure and through vibration applied to the skin.