epi-thet is a mixed media sound installation activated by the audience.

Within a large cavernous space, three microscope platforms wait for the audience to stir them to life. Hidden within the microscope, a tiny vision flickers by – a story of the ways we describe ourselves and each other. Sounds begin beneath our feet and rise to the edges of the room. We watch and hear each other activate the work, unsuspectingly and collectively creating a physical and musical work of quiet beauty.

Inspired by an ANAT Synapse Residency with Dr Shane Grey at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Madeleine and Tim have been working since 2008 on the sonification of research data, making it possible to hear as well as see a representation of the genetic process.

epi-thet uses data from public domain genetic databases to create sound and image. Using an algorithm that maps data from the genetic process to sound parameters, and information drawn simply from posture, a composition unique to each individual participant is created.