(An artwork to remind us of humanity's enduring resonance and connection)

For most of humanity, 2020 was a challenging year. The Sympathy Resonator is an artwork that seeks to give inspiration and emotional recovery through the music of human interaction. Through high tech sound perception, we are recording the actual sounds of human connection, through music. Specifically, music will be played through violin, piano, and other instruments, and live realtime playback or recordings will be made. Importantly, the recording will not be of the music itself, but of the human body's "sympathetic resonance" to that music. Loved ones and family members, holding hands, will touch the musical instrument, hold hands, and the internal music, across our connected forms, will be magically heard in real time through speakers. Externalizing the beauty of internal connection, as an expression of our connection to our music, and to one another.

Upon the project's completion, there will be two possibilities of presentation : The first, and most ideal option, will be through an interactive, public art installation. However, if by the Spring of 2021, this level of human interaction isn't possible, the project will still be created in an online, virtual and interactive environment, which incorporates the sound recordings that we have made in our studios. Either way, the message will be an uplifiting one. The sounds are metaphors of connection, but are also physical. These are the miscrosounds that resonant in our bodies, when we connect.

Sympathetic Resonance is a scientific term that denotates the vibration, and in some cases music, that one object or living thing experiences, due to the vibration, not of itself, but of a nearby vibrating source. One example of sympathetic resonance can be heard when a piano note is played and then immediately dampened. The neighboring strings still resonate the sound, but greatly changed. The sound of 'sympathetic resonance' has been described as full of depth, haunting and echoing.

Our bodies experience 'sympathetic resonance' everyday that we cannot hear because the sounds are either too quiet, or are internal. This project seeks to amplify and bring that magic to life, as a three-fold : scientific experiment, musical artwork, and metophor of resonating, vibrational human experience, avowing that we are still connected during these challenging times.

This project is built as a loving response to the escalating social trauma has caused so many of us to be separated from our friends and loved ones. There was a literal unseen suffering in 2020 : elder generations were separated from sons and daughters, and by the same token, children too young for screens lost their friends. There was a great loss of livelihoods and family businesses. The inability to see the facial expression of our brothers and sisters has not been easy on us. There has been a profound increase in deaths due to depression, isolation and domestic pressures that have not been well reported. It is hopeful that by the Springtime we will have moved beyond the current paradigm. If not, we will present our Sympathy Resonance for humanity through a combination of recordings and a virtual presentation. Most ideally, if our great hopes and prayers prevail, by the Spring or Summer we will share our Sympathy Resonance with a recovered and united humanity at sponsoring parks, art venues and universities.

In the hopes of a better future for all

The Sympathy Resonator project was envisioned by multiple masters level artist collaborators. Our previous accomplishments include official artwork for Burning Man / Black Rock Arts, Art Against Fear Festival, Fellowship from the Edward Albee Foundation. Officially accepted theatrical works have been presented in the NYC toy theatre festival and via Webster Hall's Electric Circus. Art grants have been received from Hexagram, Burning Man/Black Rock Arts, Gratitude Migration Festival, and NYU Arts.