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Evan Grant - Creative technologist
Evan Grant works with cymatics, the art of visualizing sound, and is the founder of the arts and technology collective seeper.

Why you should listen

Evan Grant is a creative technologist and founder of arts and technology collective seeper. Founded in 1998, seeper's nucleus is the pursuit of cognitive essence: exploring natural user interaction and ubiquitous technologies, to create and distill artistically immersive, multisensory experiences and memories.

Evan has a heritage in sound, lighting and interaction, software and hardware, design and installation. Exploring multisensory immersion through the use of tangible, gestural and kinetic interaction, to allow a new range of interfaces devices and experiences for users.

In the past 12 months Evan has worked with the likes of Punch Drunk Theatricals, Glastonbury Festival, Hewlett Packard, BFI Southbank, Toyota, Aldeburgh Music, Sony PlayStation and many more innovative brands and arts-based organisations.

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TEDGlobal 2009

Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics

Evan Gant:cymatics技术使声波可视

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Evan Gant使声波可视,给我们展示了cymatics的科技性和艺术性。cymatics不仅可以分析复杂的声波,例如海豚的声音,还可以创造复杂而漂亮的设计。
- Creative technologist
Evan Grant works with cymatics, the art of visualizing sound, and is the founder of the arts and technology collective seeper. Full bio

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I'm a creative创作的 technologist技术专家
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我是一个富有创造力的技术人员,
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and the focus焦点 of my work is on public上市 installations安装.
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我的工作是关注公共设备。
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One of my driving主动 passions激情
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带给我激情的源泉之一,
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is this idea理念 of exploring探索 nature性质,
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是探索自然,
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and trying to find hidden data数据 within nature性质.
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努力去探寻自然中的隐藏数据。
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It seems似乎 to me that there is
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对与我来说,
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this latent potential潜在 everywhere到处, all around us.
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它隐藏在各个地方,我们身边到处都有。
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Everything gives out some kind of data数据,
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每个事物都散发某种数据,
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whether是否 it's sound声音 or smell or vibration振动.
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不管是声音,或者气味,或者是振动。
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Through通过 my work, I've been
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在工作中
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trying to find ways方法 to harness马具 and unveil揭开 this.
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我追踪溯源,
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And so this basically基本上 led me to
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最后,我发现了
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a subject学科 called cymaticscymatics.
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一个名叫cymatics的东西。
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Now, cymaticscymatics is the process处理 of visualizing可视化 sound声音
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现在,cymatics是一个使声音可视化的过程,
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by basically基本上 vibrating振动 a medium such这样 as sand or water,
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大部分是通过振动一种介质,例如沙子,或者水,
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as you can see there.
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正如你所见。
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So, if we have a quick look at the history历史 of cymaticscymatics
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单回顾cymtics的历史,
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beginning开始 with the observations意见 of resonance谐振,
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观察回声现象的有
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by Da Vinci达芬奇, Galileo伽利略, the English英语 scientist科学家 Robert罗伯特 Hook
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达芬奇,伽里略, 英国科学家Robert Hook,
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and then Ernest欧内斯特 Chladni克拉尼.
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还有Ernest Chladni.
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He created创建 an experiment实验 using运用 a metal金属 plate盘子,
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Ernest Chladni发明使用金属盘子做试验,
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covering覆盖 it with sand and then bowing鞠躬 it
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首先将沙子覆盖金属盘子,然后弯曲盘子,
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to create创建 the Chladni克拉尼 patterns模式 that you see here on the right.
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就会出现大家在右侧看到的Chaldni图形。
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Moving移动 on from this, the next下一个 person to explore探索 this field领域
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受此激发,探索这个领域的另一个人
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was a gentleman绅士 called Hans汉斯 Jenny珍妮 in the 1970s.
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是上个世纪70年代的Hans Jenny先生,
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He actually其实 coined创造 the term术语 cymaticscymatics.
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正是他创造了cymatics这个术语。
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Then bringing使 us into the present当下 day
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带领我们进入现代cymatics领域的
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is a fellow同伴 collaborator合作者 of mine
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是我的一位同事兼合作者,
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and cymaticscymatics expert专家, John约翰 Stewart斯图尔特 Reed芦苇.
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cymatics专家John Stewart Reed。
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He's kindly和蔼 recreated重建 for us
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他帮助我们重现了
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the Chladni克拉尼 experiment实验.
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Chaldni实验。
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What we can see here is
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我们眼前出现的
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the metal金属 sheet, this time connected连接的 to a sound声音 driver司机
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是金属薄片,它与声音驱动器相连,
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and being存在 fed美联储 by a frequency频率 generator发电机.
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随频率发生器振动。
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As the frequencies频率 increase增加,
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当频率增加时,
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so do the complexities复杂性 of the patterns模式 that appear出现 on the plate盘子.
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薄片上的图案也变的更加复杂多变,
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As you can see with your own拥有 eyes眼睛.
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正如你亲眼所见。
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(Applause掌声)
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So, what excites的激励 me about cymaticscymatics?
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cymatics使我激动的是什么?
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Well, for me cymaticscymatics is an almost几乎 magical神奇 tool工具.
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对与我来说,cymatics简直就是一个充满魔法的工具,
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It's like a looking glass玻璃 into a hidden world世界.
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是我们发现隐藏世界的眼镜。
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Through通过 the numerous众多 ways方法 that we can apply应用 cymaticscymatics,
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虽然cymatics可以应用在很多方面,
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we can actually其实 start开始 to unveil揭开 the substance物质 of things not seen看到.
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但实际上我们从揭开不可见物质的面纱开始。
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Devices设备 like the cymascopecymascope, which哪一个 you can see here,
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cymascope这类的设备,就是你现在看见的,
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have been used to scientifically科学 observe cymaticcymatic patterns模式.
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我们使用它来科学地观察cymatic图案。
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And the list名单 of scientific科学 applications应用 is growing生长 every一切 day.
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这个领域中每天都出现新的科学应用,
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For example, in oceanography海洋学,
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例如:在海洋学中,
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a lexicon词库 of dolphin海豚 language语言 is actually其实 being存在 created创建
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通过观察海豚发射的声纳波图案,
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by basically基本上 visualizing可视化 the sonar声纳 beams that the dolphins海豚 emit发射.
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我们发现实际上海豚语言的词典正在增加。
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And hopefully希望 in the future未来 we'll be able能够 to gain获得 some deeper更深 understanding理解
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希望在不远的将来,我们能够更加深刻地理解海豚间
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of how they communicate通信.
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到底是如何沟通的。
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We can also use cymaticscymatics for healing复原 and education教育.
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同样,我们可以在治疗和教育中使用cymatics。
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This is an installation安装 developed发达 with school学校 children孩子,
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这是一种在校小学生使用的设备,
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where their hands are tracked追踪. It allows允许 them
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它能够通过跟踪手的位置,
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to control控制 and position位置 cymaticcymatic patterns模式
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控制并移动cymatic图案,
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and the reflections思考 that are caused造成 by them.
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以及对手势做出的反应。
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We can also use cymaticscymatics as a beautiful美丽 natural自然 art艺术 form形成.
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我们也可以将cymatics看做美丽的自然艺术形式。
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This image图片 here is created创建 from a snippet片段
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这幅图片是通过演奏
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of Beethoven's贝多芬 Ninth第九 Symphony交响乐 playing播放 through通过 a cymaticcymatic device设备.
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Beethoven的第九交响曲片段得到的。
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So it kind of flips翻转 things on its head a little bit.
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很像在翻转大脑里的东西
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This is Pink Floyd's弗洛伊德的 "Machine"
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这是通过cymascope演奏
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playing播放 in real真实 time through通过 the cymascopecymascope.
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Pink Floyd"Machine"的实时cymatics图案。
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We can also use cymaticscymatics as a looking glass玻璃 into nature性质.
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我们也可以将cymatics看做是观察自然的一副眼镜。
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And we can actually其实 recreate重建 the archetypal原型 forms形式 of nature性质.
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事实上,我们重新创造了自然的原型。
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So, for example, here on the left we can see a snowflake雪花 as it would appear出现 in nature性质.
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例如,左图是我们自然界中的雪花,
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Then on the right we can see a cymaticallycymatically created创建 snowflake雪花.
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右图是我们创造的cymatic雪花。
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And here is a starfish海星 and a cymaticcymatic starfish海星.
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这里是海星和cymatic海星。
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And there is thousands数千 of these.
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这里有更多类似的。
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So what does this all mean?
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它们能够表明什么?
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Well, there is still a lot to explore探索
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其实,还有很多需要我们探索的。
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in its early days. And there's not many许多 people working加工 in this field领域.
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早期研究这个领域的人不多。
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But consider考虑 for a moment时刻 that sound声音 does have form形成.
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但自从声音可以有图案出现,
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We've我们已经 seen看到 that it can affect影响 matter and cause原因 form形成 within matter.
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它影响并形成了很多新事物。
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Then sort分类 of take a leap飞跃 and think about the universe宇宙 forming成型.
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如果看的远一些,考虑一下宇宙形成时,
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And think about the immense巨大 sound声音 of the universe宇宙 forming成型.
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宇宙形成时的声音是什么样呢?
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And if we kind of ponder思考 on that, then perhaps也许
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考虑到此,或许宇宙的cymatics
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cymaticscymatics had an influence影响 on the formation编队 of the universe宇宙 itself本身.
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影响了宇宙形成的过程。
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And here is some eye candy糖果 for you, from a range范围 of
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每个人都有很多机会,
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DIYDIY scientists科学家们 and artists艺术家
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不管是DIY,还是科学家,还是艺术家,
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from all over the globe地球.
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在全球的各个地方。
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CymaticsCymatics is accessible无障碍 to everybody每个人.
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cymatics为每个人提供机会。
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I want to urge敦促 everybody每个人 here to
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我想激发在座的每一位,
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apply应用 your passion, your knowledge知识
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将自己的激情、知识和技能,
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and your skills技能 to areas like cymaticscymatics.
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应用到cymatics类似的领域。
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I think collectively we can build建立 a global全球 community社区.
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我认为通过我们全体可以共建一个全球社区。
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We can inspire启发 each other.
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我们互相鼓励。
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And we can evolve发展 this exploration勘探
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我们可以发展这个探索
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of the substance物质 of things not seen看到. Thank you.
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不可见的物质。谢谢。
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(掌声)
Translated by dong liu
Reviewed by Jenny Yang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Evan Grant - Creative technologist
Evan Grant works with cymatics, the art of visualizing sound, and is the founder of the arts and technology collective seeper.

Why you should listen

Evan Grant is a creative technologist and founder of arts and technology collective seeper. Founded in 1998, seeper's nucleus is the pursuit of cognitive essence: exploring natural user interaction and ubiquitous technologies, to create and distill artistically immersive, multisensory experiences and memories.

Evan has a heritage in sound, lighting and interaction, software and hardware, design and installation. Exploring multisensory immersion through the use of tangible, gestural and kinetic interaction, to allow a new range of interfaces devices and experiences for users.

In the past 12 months Evan has worked with the likes of Punch Drunk Theatricals, Glastonbury Festival, Hewlett Packard, BFI Southbank, Toyota, Aldeburgh Music, Sony PlayStation and many more innovative brands and arts-based organisations.

More profile about the speaker
Evan Grant | Speaker | TED.com