Whispering Garden

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Whispering Garden

Whispering Garden is a multidisciplinary fashion and sculpture installation that explores the emotional memory of sound through form. At the center of the work are oversized handmade flowers, each embedded with patterns generated from music. These forms do not just decorate—they speak, holding traces of rhythm, voice, and vibration within their petals.

I developed this piece as part of my ongoing research into music-responsive textiles and wearable sculpture. The garments, including a tailored black-and-white suit, are printed using my sound-to-pattern system and paired with floral structures that mirror the same sonic data. The installation invites viewers into a quiet, surreal landscape where clothing, objects, and digital echoes become part of a shared memory.

This series will be expanded into a live performance setting at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2025, where actors will interact with the flowers, wear the printed garments, and bring the garden to life through spoken word and movement. Whispering Garden reflects my belief that fashion is not just worn—it is experienced, remembered, and reimagined.

Concept: The Son of Music

This illustration is part of the Whispering Garden series and draws from the surreal, symbolic world of sonic identity. The central figure is surrounded by blooming flowers whose petals are printed with patterns generated from music—an expression of songs turned into living texture.

The imagery borrows from the visual language of The Son of Man, a surrealist painting by René Magritte. Like Magritte’s iconic figure with the obscured face, this character is partially hidden behind organic forms, suggesting a blending of the human and the botanical, the conscious and the subconscious. The lips remain visible, hinting at the voice, while the rest of the face disappears behind a crown of rhythm-infused blossoms.

Embedded within the flowers are hidden symbols—apples and butterflies—representing duality and transformation. The apple, a nod to temptation and knowledge, becomes a metaphor for sonic curiosity. The butterfly, often associated with fragility and rebirth, suggests the emotional change that music brings. Together, these elements form a portrait of a being who listens, transforms, and blossoms with sound.

In the fashion collection, these motifs extend beyond the illustration and appear as sculptural prints on garments, masks, and set pieces. The figure wears a suit printed with swirling, algorithmically generated forms. The silhouette is classic, but the surface vibrates with rhythm, blurring the line between control and chaos, stillness and sound.

This work reflects a personal mythology—where music is not only heard, but seen, worn, and remembered.