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Sonic Fabric by Designtex

Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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Designtex sonic fabric
Sonic Fabric

An aural portait of New York City, a textile, and an inspired use for post-industrial waste, Sonic fabric is an upholstery comprised of recycled audio tape. Texas-based artist Alyce Santoro created the 100% polyester product, which is part of Designtex’s Material Matters collection; to make it she spent several days touring New York City, recording street musicians on subway platforms, bits of conversation, and noises on the street. She fed the streams into a multitrack mixer, created an audio collage, and transferred it onto magnetic tape, which was then knitted together to form the fabric. Because no finishing or backing has been added to the textile, you can still hear sounds from her mix by drawing the head of a reconfigured Walkman over the material’s surface.

Designed for both the residential and commercial markets, Sonic Fabric is available in five colors: copper, onyx, granite, amethyst, and cobalt. A portion of the proceeds from its sale will be contributed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, a not-fot-profit organization.

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