The sound of empty space is an art installation created by sound artist Adam Basanta.

Basanta creates three incomplete audio systems in order to conduct a harmonious orchestra of feedback. Basanta’s microphones, amplifiers, and speakers generate frequencies which are reshaped using computer algorithms and tuned through kinetic movements.

“By building flawed technological systems and nullifying their intended potential for communication, the ear is turned towards the empty space between components,” he explains.

In one part of Basanta’s installation, entitled The loudest sound in the room experienced very quietly, the artist utilises a room’s empty space by enclosing a powerful 120db PA system amplifier inside a soundproof aquarium.

Another piece, Pirouette, is described as “like a life-sized ballerina atop a music box.” It emits a “skeletal version” of the main theme from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake through a rotating microphone. The final component, Vessel, captures the natural acoustics of glass jars using mutable, kinetic feedback monody between a speaker and microphone.

Hear the installation below. [via The Creators Project]