Between 20hertz and 20000hertz
2019.01
Volume of the Space:
2m width*3m length*3m height
UV Paints, UV lights
Linear Musical notes formed cage in a dark room
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Infinite is beyond our perception.Our five senses are our channels to the outside world, but also limit us and keep us in a black cage, away from the ultimate truth.Sounds are as infinite as mathematics. D# is 311.13 hertz, F# is 369.99 hertz, then what note is for 20000hertz?
In this case, the musical notes actually can extend infinitely in both positive and negative directions on the musical staff. The voices we can't hear are not non-existent, but only because we can't perceive them.
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The installation is in a six square meters dark room. The musical notes form a cage on the wall, floor, and ceiling. Audiences could step in to and see the cage using UV lights. The darkroom symbolizes the unknown and mysterious universe. The cage that can be seen through UV light directly presents the limitations of human perception, and this is a cage for our eyes.Meanwhile, the sound from 20 Hz to 20000 Hz is played in a loop. Due to the limitation of our hearing, we can only hear between 20 hertz and 20000hertz, but before 20hertz and after 20000 hertz, we couldn't hear anything. From silence to silence, this is a cage for our ears
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These are two conceptual graphs that helped my thinking process. I put them here because it is very important as a part of my work
The above diagram is my draft of installation, with my understanding of the real existing musical notes.
The bottom one is a diagram shows the range of human perception. In this way of presentation, we can see the exact area of limitation, which looks like a little cage.
在二十赫兹与两万赫兹之间
正如下图表所示，此作品想谈论的是超出我们5种感官（我们5种感官无法触及的事物）的“现实”（或永恒存在的真理）。由于我们能力的限制，我们被关在由我们现有感官造成的笼子里无处可逃并坐井观天。我们被我们现有的官能所限制，色声香味触觉是我们的能力，也反而将我们关在笼子里。而真理存在于我们盒子之外的无限中，存在于不止在我们的有限的无限中。
能在钢琴谱上呈现的音符并不是所有音符，音符是可以在五线谱上往正负两个方向无限延伸的。正如低音6是440赫兹，那4400赫兹？444000赫兹又会怎样？那些我们听不见的声音并非不存在，而是我们无法感知。反推，《人类知识原理》的“第一部”（绪论之后）的第二小节末尾，贝克莱说：“因为一个观念的存在，正在于其被感知。”第三小节最后一句话也可以看到贝克莱说：“所谓它们的存在就是被感知，…”。
此装置呈现于一个没有灯，面积六平米左右的无灯，四面墙壁刷成黑色（无反光）的房间里。音符从地板延伸到一边的墙面再延伸到天花板，又从天花板往下延伸到另一边的墙面，最后回到地面形成一个闭合的“空间”。房间里 “无光”就如同我们所处的宇宙，就如真相一般存在但超出感知，当我们打开紫外线灯后（被赋予了“神”的能力），我们可以看到其他事物的存在。但我们意识到有一个笼子，我们依旧无法逃离它，这些黑暗和未知的事物。
基于另一种理论（图2），即我们人类只能听到20赫兹到20000赫兹之间的声音。在20赫兹之前我们什么也听不到，在20000赫兹之后我们仍然什么也听不到。就像骑自行车回到起点。所以在这个房间中，循环播放了从20hz至20000hz的声音。我们从20hz的无声到2000hz的有声再到20000hz的无声。从无声到有声再到无声，最后又回到了无声的起点，只是一开始是因为频率太低超出感知范围，之后是因为频率太高而超出感知范围。
在20hz前，我们什么都听不见，在20000hz后，我们还是什么都听不见。
