The space we see is not the space we hear.
Which is the space we are in?

The project "sonic barriers" explores the ways in which particular materials enclose space. Acoustic and visual signals enclose spaces which are simultaneous, yet different. That different events occur at the same time is commonplace. That different events occur in the same space lacks such a common conception, even lacks a term. Or, is there in the same vein as simultaneity "simulspacity"?

Each building material has its own limitations and requires a specific tactic.
Therefore, material is not just the permanent nor just the ephemeral, but also the imagination which renders it as that which we see and hear. New spaces appear in the perception of the observers. Only the observation materializes the volumes and surfaces.

The project "sonic barriers" is made from metal mesh, polyether foam, projections and the multiplied sounds of the apparatuses used. These are light, soft, transparent, even invisible building materials, yet they construct (like traditional materials such as concrete and steel) a space of different zones. The aluminum fabric plays with the different transparencies of direct light and back light and multiplies the projected images. The foam positions two (undulating) surfaces without reflections of sound and light in the space, which nevertheless express their own material quality and thus provoke corresponding material perceptions.

Project credits: Diaphanarch, Sabine von Fischer, 2004