sleepy…
2025
Aluminum, durational sound recording of a refrigerator captured via DIY contact microphone, magnets, polycarbonate sheets, resonant speakers, steel, and used refrigerator magnets
Variable dimensions, Sound duration continuous
‘Sleepy…’ is a sound installation that explores dissociation through the perception of distance. It presents a low hums recorded from household appliances using DIY contact microphones, it mixed bits of coldness and cognitive dissonance, its stability assembled into an invisible anchor of comfort. The work remains elusive, yet it numbs the unease attachments to isolation and desire, washing out boundaries between familiarity and abstract.
The installation is supported by magnets revealing its physical framework and the temporal conditions shaped by contemporary society. Picking among one among millions of duplicate appliances, your chosen appliances wear gradually intertwines with personal life. It sustains daily consumption while requiring your continuous care and maintenance, linking individual labor to the rhythms of technological dependence.
