Anushka Khemka

















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Formations

2024
Augmented Reality Experience


Rocks are often perceived as inanimate and unchanging, but are in fact repositories of time, carrying within them countless stories from the past. Formations is an Augmented Reality experience that brings these silent narratives to the forefront, using soundscapes to highlight the continuity that rocks embody. 

Using samples from the Internet Archive and decayed through audio programming, the sounds echo the metamorphosis of rocks and the concept of temporal displacement,  evoking the ancient while still leaving an impression on the present. Each soundscape differs depending on the rock's type, and are triggered through arbitrary encounters.

By engaging with rocks through sound, the audience is invited to consider the ways in which non-human entities leave their mark on the environment, participating in a sonic meditation on time, presence, and the interconnectedness of all things. We ask the question “What do rocks hear?” whilst highlighting forgotten histories and traces of the past embedded within the rocks, and the moments in time that they carry. 

Made as part of the Snap X RCA programme
Exhibited at Saatchi Gallery, Snap Symposium and the London Breeze Film Festival 2024

 CollaboratorsJane Lee
Meara Withe
Thomas Bugg

ToolsLens Studio,  Plugdata, Unity & Adobe Suite

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