TOUCHING AT A DISTANCE

If we cannot identify something, it means that we cannot control it and the easiest way to manage it is to  remove it from the system. The notion is similar to noise, which is called a nonmusical sound or disturbing sound with  negative meaning. Thatchatham’s work opens a new space for unwanted sound as he records sounds from the surroundings that we usually hear but never listen to. Each sound is composed through a  process of musical aesthetics, bringing that sound that we never listen to back and creating a new sense of appreciation. For physical perception, Thatchatham creates speakers with small papers to amplify those unwanted sounds. These speakers generate vibration within that particular space to imply the perception of these sounds whose existence we never recognized previously.