I have just completed the second part of Alpha Sound, after making my alphabet I have made twenty six sound waves which will each sit opposite their respective letter. I recorded myself speaking the alphabet and then through Final Cut Pro I was able to see the sound waves and turn these into drawings. I decided to draw the sound waves to resemble blue fur. I wanted the blue to refer to blue ink, writing and language. The pulses of each sound wave will connect with the first part of this piece – Chasing the Disappeared, whilst the sound component of Alpha Sound will refer back to Mother Tongue. Alpha Sound is the final work in this trilogy.
The sketches for Alpha Sound. Working from the images of my sound waves on Final Cut Pro, I sketched up each letter to see how it would feel in its entirety.
A full studio whilst working on Alpha Sound.
The sound wave for the letter ‘d’, one of 21 blue letters. The ‘j,k,w,x and y’ shift from blue to red.
This is the letter ‘w’, moving from blue to red. The letters j,k,w,x and y’ are not in the Italian alphabet.