Signal Symphony

Signal Symphony is a sound sculpture taking the form of a small traffic jam. The cars sit still with their turn signals on, hoping to escape the congestion. The clicking of their signals phase in and out of sync with one another.

Each car has their own custom PCB that clicks their blinker at different BPMs. Even though these cars appear isolated from one another, patterns emerge from the chaos. It is a visual and auditory exploration into chaos theory.

Turn signals click, a road’s conversation,
In the symphony of ticks, find navigation.


Created as a part of the Yale CCAM fellowship in partnership with the Yale Advanced Prototyping Lab.