Case Studies

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113 Spring, New York, 2025

Kinda Studios and 113 Spring, ‘Emergence’

Emergence’ is a new immersive experience created by Kinda Studios in collaboration with 113 Spring. We're delighted to have designed and fabricated a complimentary pair of Sonaforms for this gorgeous, multi-sensorial installation, which is now in-situ at 113 Spring, New York.

Designed to track rhythmic entrainment within the brain and body, 'Emergence' features soundscapes by pioneering composer Robert Thomas – an expert in adaptive and generative functional music for health – and includes custom-designed Sonaforms.

Guests are guided into liminal states of consciousness, adapting in real time to their brainwave activity and emotional responses through EEG biofeedback using a Muse headset.

The experience creates space for expanded awareness and creative insight within a new realm of what Kinda Studios co-founder Robyn Landau calls 'immersive wellbeing' – providing an opportunity to spark fresh ways of thinking through personalised meditative profiles that allow guests to continue the practice at home.

Photos: Kunning Huang / CKA

V&A Museum, London, 2025

Digital Design Weekend, ‘Models of Care’

Freshly back from Edinburgh Art Festival, Models of Care appeared in the grand setting of the V&A Museum foyer for Digital Design Weekend – nestled between ancient statues and marble columns.

Julie Freeman’s sonic installation used Sonaforms to play human and AI generated soundscapes of glaciers melting. Visitors could hold onto and literally feel the the catastrophic impact the ‘AI arms race’ and data centres are having on the environment, through low rumbles and vibrations of the sculptural forms.

With thanks to collaborators Torben Snekkestad, Anna Wszeborowska, BRAID UK, Marc Barto and Nick Bryan-Kinns.

Photos: Hydar Dewachi

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Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh, 2025

Tipping Point, ‘Models of Care’

Group exhibition Tipping Point, organised by Bridging Responsible AI Divides, explores what artists can do to help us more wisely respond to the present realities and near-future horizons of Artificial Intelligence.

Julie Freeman’s sonic installation used Sonaforms to play human and AI generated soundscapes of glaciers melting. Visitors could hold onto and literally feel the the catastrophic impact the ‘AI arms race’ and data centres are having on the environment, through low rumbles and vibrations of the sculptural forms.

With thanks to collaborators Torben Snekkestad, Anna Wszeborowska and the BRAID team.

Photos: Chris Scott

Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2025

Neurodivergent Pride Day

Three Sonaforms were placed in the Turner Contemporary for Neurodivergent Pride Day in June 2025. Organised by Neurodivergent Friends of Thanet, the event was a chance for the ND community to share and discuss personal experiences and be immersed in sensory play and experimentation.

We know Sonaforms can help to regulate the nervous system and provide much needed moments of calm in busy environments, especially for neurodivergent folk – so this event was special to us at ShapedSound. We were overwhelmed by the positive feedback from ND attendees – people rested and played on the Sonaforms longer than we’ve seen before, and 100% of written feedback stated that people felt more regulated, grounded or calmer after experiencing at least one of the pieces.

Photos: Shannen Lythgoe

Two people are lying upside down on a curved wooden bench, facing each other with their heads touching and smiling. They are indoors, with a wooden wall behind them and a small round table nearby.

Woman sitting on her knees next to a person lying on a modern wooden lounge chair, with decorative plant shapes in the background, in a space with green artificial grass flooring and a brick wall.

Person lying upside down on a cloud shaped bench, looking at phone with a green floor and colourful objects in background

TED Conferences, Vancouver, 2024

TED Fellows Park

The ShapedSound sculpture garden was created for the TED2024 Conference in Vancouver, B.C. Music and soundscapes playing through the five forms were contributed by TED Fellows hailing from England, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and the U.S.

Inspired by shapes created by the artist’s body, the forms used sound works from archives and collaborating artists, along with data sonifications designed specifically for the objects.

People's hands touching a large wooden sculpture feeling its vibrations

A smiling woman with tattoos on her left arm, wearing a black shirt and backpack, looking at a modern wooden art piece in a gallery.

Three people leaning over a curved bench, with one person smiling and holding a phone and a book, in an indoor setting.

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Modern Art Oxford, 2023

Boundary Encounters, ‘Another Present’

Commissioned as part of the summer programme at Modern Art Oxford (MAO), Boundary Encounters, Another Present was an intimate listening experience, combining sonic works by women artists from MAO’s archive, audience data and field recordings. The sound work reverberated through the Sonaforms, inspired by shapes created by the artist’s body. The work incorporated, and celebrated, previously commissioned audio works by artists Sarah Kenchington, Ann Liselgaard and Hannah Rickards from Modern Art Oxford’s archives.