A companion piece to the work exhibited by Amelia Maltby.

Using audio from Maltby’s work, hydrophone recordings of water droplets by Tomoko Sauvage, and Carlo Rovelli’s Royal Institution lecture on the physics and philosophy of time, this work aims to deconstruct the perceptive attributes of time.

In acoustics, temporal perception is a pillar of what we consider audible acoustics. Governed by distinct transient events , it is directly linked to our neural processing. As we process a chain of events, our brains extract patterns like rhythm and pitch, which form the foundation for more advanced auditory concepts like speech.

There is however an alternative sonic world governed by timbral texture, resonance and phase. Within this paradigm, the chronological framework dissolves, shifting perception away from sequential progression and into a state of spatial immersion.

Photography © Bethany Parkinson