A couple of summers ago i worked with Stallplaat Soundsystem on their installlation 'The Ultrasoundof therapy.
It was inspired by the ancient French hospital 'La Salle des Malades" the installation mimics a clinical environment. First visitors details are taken, then they will be admitted to a cubicle, complete with hospital bed, where artist 'doctors' and 'nurses' will treat their 'patients' with personalised sound therapies, ranging from relaxing, and energising to slightly disturbing. In addition to the individual therapeutic sounds, an overall acoustic is created for the whole space, unifying it into one immersive sound installation.
I worked as one of the doctors and especially enjoyed strapping people into a hammock with devices attached to certain points on their bodies that emitted sound vibrations. Participations then felt the sound resonationing through their bodies. i was able to control the emissions through complex software.
Being blindfolded, people experienced emotions ranging from fear and anticipation through to sublime relaxation depending of course on their mental state and how tightly I or any of the other sonic doctors bound them in.
