The heart of the work lies in the sound piece, an auditory immersion that guides the viewer through a 25-minute journey within what I call my “mental palace.” This mental palace, a concept borrowed from memorization and meditation techniques, is an imaginary space where every detail is a metaphor for the thoughts, emotions, and memories that intertwine to form consciousness. To compose the soundscapes, I used recordings of my own brainwaves captured during this introspective meditation. These recordings were then processed to create sound textures that oscillate between soothing tones and more dissonant vibrations, reflecting the natural fluctuations of the mind in meditation.
The physical elements of the sculpture are connected by string, symbolizing the subtle and sometimes fragile connections between the different sections of the mental palace. Megaphragma thus invites the viewer to a dual experience: an immersion into an abstract mental space through the materiality of the sculpture and an introspective sound journey that evokes the complexity of states of consciousness. By combining visual and sound arts, this work offers a reflection on the nature of the mind, meditation, and how inner experiences can be translated into forms and sounds perceptible to others.