Hive

Hive is a multichannel speaker sculpture combining found and fabricated parts to create a pulsating spatial sound composition.

Exploring convergences between technology and nature, Hive employs regurgitative paper wasp architectures with technological parts and scraps to create an empty sculptural entity that replaces insects with sound, creating the experience of an organismic instrument-speaker hybrid.

The piece is comprised of seven channels distributed over fifty speakers. Each channel plays a unique audio rhythm which converge into a throbbing drone when perceived from a distance.

Created by Hopkins Duffield. Hive (2.0) was an interactive version of the piece which was exhibited at NAISA from September 27th to November 1st, 2014. As part of this exhibition, Hive was part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2014 (October 4 - 5, 2014), and Toronto Culture Days 2014 (September 27 - 28, 2014).

Hive 1.0 was created in conjunction with the Nomadic Noise Residency and was on exhibition for The Noise Project Exhibition at 99 Sudbury, Toronto, Canada on July 26 -27, 2013.

For more information about the project please see here.