Sonic Broome

Broome SHS, WA, 2020
Folded Perforated Aluminium Screen, Light, Sound
With TARRMACstudio – Jon Tarry, Bateman Architects

The approach taken in this project highlights the notion of nature revealing through phenomena. As a poetic and scientific metaphor, the tidal shifts emphasize time, motion, and place. The waters of Broome are a primary, deep, ecological systems that operate at a magnitude of scales. Tiny microbes activate the soil of rivers, swamps, sea, and ocean – shallows and deeps. The moon enacts planetary forces on water bodies. Equally, our shared human environment is accelerating with ever-expanding digital means. When underpinned by science, technology, arts, engineering, and math, the study of communications, monitoring, and mapping presents innovative educational possibilities.