'forked tongue' (2024) is a sound-interactive installation in the concept of playing a sculpture like an instrument. It is about the space between fragility and aggression, calm and menace, where emotional and sensory dualities converge.

The installation consists of hand engraved laser-cut metal sculptures shaped in the distorted forms of blood and teardrops, representing both their positive and negative spaces. These motifs signify trauma and vulnerability, while elements like double-edged razor blades and shaped swords symbolize aggression and defense. The sculptures are visually interconnected using rope cleats, nylon ties, and bead chains, for the tension between connection and resistance.

Piezo microphones are attached to the metal sculptures, capturing audio signals as noise instruments. These signals are processed through MAX/MSP software and a sustainer pedal, then played back onto the sculptures using vibrating sound transducers. The feedback loop creates vibrations and noise that actively engage with the sculpture, causing it to shake, resonate, and crash into each other to leave new marks on the metal surfaces.

The hard and sharp edges of laser-cut metals and the feedback noise from the sound transducers will perform like exposure therapy. We expose our fragmented selves and inner conflict to the things we fear to cure our mind and body, as the ways we internalize and externalize pain, turning emotional wounds into defenses.