Sound On
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Sound On examines visibility, consent, and mediated intimacy within digitally networked spaces. The work constructs an immersive environment where physical and digital systems intersect, shaping how the body is seen, accessed, and controlled.

The installation is composed of thirteen palette boards, seventeen suspended frames, fifteen white curtains, and a shallow wading pool. These elements form a layered architecture of partial visibility and obstruction, structuring movement and preventing full visual access to the body.

Within this system, a live broadcast connects the physical environment to a projected feed, with continuous streaming on Chaturbate. The artist intentionally disables sound, creating a split condition: the online audience can see but not hear, while the in-person audience cannot fully see the body. This structure directly references Georgia law, which permits recording without consent only when sound is not captured, positioning consent as partial, conditional, and strategically withheld.

The body operates within this constructed space under conditions of controlled exposure and mediation, where visibility is fragmented and never complete for any viewer. By refusing full access, the artist withholds total consent from both audiences.

Sound On culminates in a ritualized sexual act that reclaims agency, allowing the body to exist outside the imposed ideologies of the viewer. Intimacy is not offered for consumption, but restructured as a self-defined act, disrupting systems of access, authorship, and control.

Photography by Getsay and Emily Albee.