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  • As part of the University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study conference held this week, the Peter Wall Institute unveiled I Hear You Say, an installation that translates sound waves into furniture.

    The piece is designed by AFJD, the studio of Amber Frid-Jimenez and Joe Dahmen, a 2012-2013 Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar.

    Made from post-consumer recycled EPS (expanded polystyrene) with a hard coating, the installation is a large-scale visualization of the word “Ah” that functions as site-specific seating on the terrace of the Peter Wall Institute.

    "Contemporary linguists speculate that the way we communicate relies on auditory cues and gestures in addition to the conventional meaning of words," says the design duo.

    I Hear You Say is located on the terrace at the Peter Wall Institute and is open to the public. The Institute invites visitors to recline on the installation and converse while contemplating English Bay and the Coast Mountains beyond.

    Credits: I Hear You Say was designed by
    AFJD Studio

    Design assistance: Ashley Eusebio.

    I Hear You Say was generously sponsored by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the GRAND Network.


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I Hear You Say is an installation that translates sound waves into furniture. Part-trash, the piece is made from post-consumer recycled EPS with a hard coating inviting visitors to recline on the installation and converse while contemplating English Bay and the Coast Mountains beyond. Photo credit: Krista Jahnke