Hard Times – Soft Sounds (Seashell): On Fragility, Machines, and the Poetics of Listening

In the midst of increasingly turbulent times, I find myself returning to quieter gestures. Hard Times – Soft Sounds (Seashell) is one such gesture, a sound sculpture rooted in fragility, technoid intimacy, and mechanical stillness. At its core, the work is disarmingly simple: a seashell, partially filled with water, slowly turned by a miniature motor. As the shell moves, it produces delicate…