Cymatics: A Study of Wave Phenomena & Vibration Hans Jenny
Publisher: Macromedia Press

Cymatics is a branch of science created by an anthroposophist (which most people have put up in the shelves along side modern quackery). The work deploys Cymatics – the study of wave phenomenon and visible sound and vibration – to visualise the traditional folk melody of the Senhora do Almurtão as dynamic and shifting patterns on the surface of the adufe. On a more serious These patterns were created using a 20 Hz vibration, which is the "normal mode frequency" of the coffee cup. For each image, Klimas selects music – typically something dynamic and percussive, like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Miles Davis, or Kraftwerk – and the vibration of the speaker sends the paint aloft in patterns that reveal themselves through the lens of his Hasselblad. Four years ago he created a series of photos In addition to the debt owed to abstract expressionism, Klimas says his major influence was Hans Jenny, the father of cymatics, the study of wave phenomena. For this series In addition to the obvious debt owed to abstract expressionism, Klimas says his major influence was Hans Jenny, the father of cymatics, the study of wave phenomena. Also, a single cross section is influenced laterally (the plate does not fly apart), so it can be tricky to calculate exactly what the pattern will be if the distance from the source of vibration is not uniform. Of anecdotal interest: the link to Hans Jenny's work, a pioneer in the field of cymatics. Cymatics is the study of "wave phenomena." I finally have a name for this intriguing phenomena. I can say my artwork has to do with cymatics, and people may not know what I mean, but they sure will know I'm up to something. Those who have studied basic physics will recall that there are specific characteristic points on a wave–crests, troughs and nodes. In addition to the obvious debt owed to abstract expressionism, Klimas says his major influence was Hans Jenny, the father of cymatics, the study of wave phenomena. Naming a thing seems to give it more weight, more staying power. This is basic “standing wave” phenomena. For each image, Klimas selects music — typically something dynamic – the vibrations of the speaker send the paint aloft in the air and the pictures are taken with the paint in-air. For this series, Klimas spent six months and about 1,000 shots his studio in Düsseldorf, Germany. Then he turns up the music, typically dynamic and percussive like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Miles Davis or Kraftwerk, and lets the vibration of the speaker send the paint aloft in patterns that reveal themselves through the lens of his Hasselblad.