← Works
THE BLUE HEARTBEAT
2024
Stereo sound installation
21 min 50 sec

The Blue Heartbeat originates from recordings made beneath the Blaues Wunder Bridge in Dresden.

The work consists of two sound layers. The first is the bridge's "heartbeat": low-frequency vibrations generated by vehicles crossing the bridge and recorded using a Geofón. The second is my own heartbeat, recorded in real time while listening to the first.

The relationship between these two recordings draws upon the idea of micropolyphony — not as a compositional technique, but as a way of understanding relationships. Through prolonged listening, my heartbeat undergoes minute physiological fluctuations in response to the bridge's rhythm. These almost imperceptible fluctuations constitute the fundamental material of the work.

0:00 21:50
THE BLUE HEARTBEAT documentation THE BLUE HEARTBEAT documentation THE BLUE HEARTBEAT documentation
Bonsai Peng
THE BLUE HEARTBEAT, 2024
HfBK Dresden