Part of Hybrid Realities :Lab 1 (Lab → Output)
Virtual installation, Newart.city
Friction takes the physical principle of resistance as both metaphor and compositional method.
In physics, friction describes the force that opposes motion when surfaces or materials slide against one another. In this work, the concept is extended into a sonic and spatial register - where sound, movement and environment generate points of contact, interference and tension.
Drawing on a practice rooted in improvised music, instrument mechanics and electronic processing, Daniel Iván Bruno approaches the virtual space as a field of interaction rather than a static environment. Sound operates as a primary material, but it is shaped through the same dynamics that govern physical processes: pressure, resistance, vibration and collision.
Within the installation, movement through the environment becomes part of the compositional structure. Sonic elements respond to proximity and spatial positioning, producing shifting layers of resonance, noise and tonal fragments. These interactions mirror the behaviour of acoustic instruments and analogue systems, where friction between materials produces energy and sound.
Rather than separating sound, image and space, Friction treats them as interconnected forces. The work situates the viewer within an environment where resistance becomes generative - a condition through which sonic textures, visual forms and bodily movement continually reshape one another.
Daniel Iván Bruno