Few artists move as fluidly between music, computation, and visual art as Gadi Sassoon.
His new live performance video for his latest album “Modes of Vibration” makes that unmistakably clear, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at the sculptural synthesizer that anchors the project: an instrument built from metal, code, and acoustic experimentation, designed to make sound visible in real time.
This instrument, if we’re being honest, sounds like science fiction – and yet, somehow, it’s real. First conceived at EMPAC’s Transducer Festival in New York, Sassoon returned to Italy to push the idea further – designing the structure in Blender, handing the blueprint to a local blacksmith, and ultimately wiring the finished plates with transducers and a computer-driven control system. In performance, the result is startling: sound waves rippling visibly across metal surfaces, the once-invisible physics of music exposed like circuitry. It’s part sculpture, part instrument, part scientific demonstration, and entirely hypnotic.
“People are fascinated by seeing the vibrations in these plates,” Sassoon says. “A piano vibrates too, but here it becomes an object of art.” That tension (between the familiar and the uncanny) sits at the heart of “Modes of Vibration”. The project doesn’t just collapse the distance between experimental sound and fine art; it rewires it, offering a gallery-ready format where audiences can both hear music and watch it happen in real time.
The video marks the first public release of a performance previously limited to research contexts, supported by NEMUS and recently showcased at the United Nations AI for Good Summit. It also illuminates the foundation of Sassoon’s 2025 album and the companion TETRAD software synth, created with Physical Audio to digitally model the sculpture’s acoustic behavior.
Following earlier albums Multiverse (2020) and Chaos & Order (2022), both steeped in collaborations with mathematicians and physicists, Sassoon’s latest work is a bold, tactile, and deeply curious exploration of vibration, material, and meaning that sets itself apart from anything else we’ve ever seen. The live performance video only confirms that. Definitely check it out.
Stream “Modes of Vibration” here, and watch the live performance here.
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