Xinyi Yang

Artist & Researcher

Atlanta, GA

Intelligence in Matter


Not Code


Liquid Choreography

2022-2023

Listening becomes visible.
Sound takes shape.


Sound Made Visible explores how sound can take physical form.

Using ferrofluid, electromagnets, and live audio input, the project transforms music into continuously shifting material choreography. Magnetic liquid rises, branches, pulses, and collapses in response to composed sound.

Developed through collaboration between engineering and music students, the work treats matter not as passive display, but as an active medium for translating vibration into image.

Positioned between sculpture, performance, and scientific instrument, the project asks whether listening can become a spatial experience.

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