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Cymatics

Hypnotic Forces • 3h 1m

Sound energy is made visible in dynamic wave patterns by vibrating a shallow pan of water. Today physicists are providing evidence that particles of sound can carry tiny amounts of mass. Cymatics is a dynamic demonstration of this property, showing the energy from sound waves transferred into a liquid state of matter as the patterns directly articulate variations in sound energy. This is an overhead view. Music by KRON.

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