POD, mixed media installation, dimensions variable (2009).
POD, by Alison Ballard and Mike Blow, is an audio-visual installation using loudspeakers placed inside giant balloons.
Using the audio phenomenon of beats, the speakers hum and vibrate with pulsing low-frequency sound. Audience members are encouraged to place hands and ears on the balloon skin to feel and hear the sounds coming from within.
POD uses audio to bring a new meaning and potential to inanimate objects. The sound changes our peception of the balloons by creating a new hybrid audio/physical artifact.
POD was exhibited at Shunt in London, UK 05/08/09-09/08/09
About Alison Ballard
Alison Ballard works across disciplines to examine our perceptions and experiences of sound, space and the moving image. Investigating psychoacoustics, neurology and infrasound, she aims to give a physical presence to an intangible medium.
POD in development and the exhibition at Shunt
