Repercussion

Interactive Visual Music System

Repercussion is a collection of interactive, on-screen instruments that transform visual composition into sound.

Set within a virtual spatial environment, each instrument behaves like a small piece of architecture—an inhabitable structure where sound lives. Rhythms, melodies, and harmonies occupy different zones and levels, allowing compositions to be built by arranging and navigating these elements in space rather than sequencing them over time.

Users construct musical phrases by placing and manipulating objects within this environment. Position, proximity, and layering directly influence musical parameters such as pitch, tempo, and intensity, creating a system where sound emerges from spatial relationships.

The experience is designed to feel both intuitive and exploratory: accessible to non-musicians, yet capable of producing complex, evolving compositions. The visual language draws from familiar musical archetypes—percussion, melody, chords—reimagined as modular, inhabitable forms that can be combined, stacked, and traversed.

Originally developed as an online platform, Repercussion expanded into live performances and gallery installations, where these virtual structures scaled into room-sized experiences, inviting collective exploration.

At its core, the project treats digital space not as a flat interface, but as a site for construction—where music becomes something you build, navigate, and inhabit.

Recognition

Winner, Flash Forward Film Festival (Experimental), San Francisco
Finalist, Flash in the Can Film Festival, Toronto
Distinctive Merit Award, Art Directors Club Annual Awards
Featured in Neural, Page, Impress, Windows 100%, and EMusician