NAKED SPACE

Hearing a Ripple is a collaborative sonic environment designed by NAKED SPACE in collaboration with Qoa and Primeiro. Emerging from the artists’ shared interest in water as a relational medium, the installation uses a custom-built inflatable stage to spatialize sound into a membrane of air and light—floating, breathing, and responsive.

The structure offers no traditional seating. Instead, it invites audiences to inhabit the installation directly—sitting, listening, and moving within a live acoustic space where sound travels through vibration and light pulses. The atmosphere becomes immersive and participatory.

The project adapts to each location through site-responsive soundscapes—originally incorporating local field recordings and the Lusheng instrument in Guiyang. Future iterations are shaped by the textures, voices, and spatial conditions of the host environment.

The installation can be set on water or land, serving both as a performative stage and a seating device. Its flexibility allows the work to oscillate between sculptural presence and collective interface.

Hearing a Ripple dissolves the line between performer and audience, structure and experience. It is not only a show, but a shared situation—where space becomes sound, and sound becomes relation.