Fundamental Resonance is a broadcast series exploring a new approach to the audition of acoustic,  mechanical,  and electromagnetic vibrations.   Each episode combines an audio essay with a soundscape,  composed of examples of the phenomena discussed,  as a way to explore the unreachable,  reveal the hidden,  and manifest what lies beyond the senses.


Fundamental Resonance is an audio supplement to the art exhibition
Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific
Co-presented by Fulcrum Arts and Chapman University
September 15, 2024 - January 19, 2024
as  part of PST ART


SUNDAY OCTOBER 13, 2024

INFRASOUND





Infrasound refers to sound waves with frequencies below 20 Hz, which are too low for the human ear to detect. These waves are produced naturally by various sources such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms, and meteor impacts, as well as by anthropogenic sources like industrial machinery, wind turbines, and weapons.  This program describes the ways infrasound has been observed and documented throughout history, the effects  and the ways it is recorded and made audible, with a detour into the aesthetics of technological mediation of inaudible sound.  

Featured Sounds:  Infrasound Laboratory University of Hawaii      
                                  University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute
                                  Leo Brady Seismic Network Sandia Laboratories


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