Barrissando is the artist’s neologism, derived from the French verb barrir, meaning “to trumpet” – the cry of an elephant. Rubbing a wet mirror, the artist makes the sound and amplifies it, drawing out a resonance that recalls an elephant’s call. By revealing the source of the sound through the moving image, the work heightens our awareness of an “acousmatic” situation – hearing sound severed from image, source, or meaning. Rooted in music’s long history of echoing the natural world – from animal calls to environmental sounds, and even hunting bird-call whistles – the piece asks what it means to make nature speak through sound.

Iteration for an exhibition 日花聲音｜Polyphonic Voices Bathed in Sunlight at Yebisu International Festival of Arts and Alternative Visions, 2026