Exhibition preview: Chris Watson, Newcastle upon TyneA sound sculpture Sound sculpture (related to sound art and sound installation) is an intermedia and time based artform in which sculpture or any kind of art object produces sound, or the reverse (in the sense that sound is manipulated in such a way as to create a sculptural as opposed to temporal installation is something more substantial than just an empty room with sounds in it. The aim is to transform the room's physical dimensions, dynamics and acoustics acoustics (ək  `stĭks) [Gr.,=the facts about hearing], the science of sound, including its production, propagation, and effects. into an atmospheric and almost tactile tactile /tac·tile/ (tak´til) pertaining to touch. tac·tile adj. 1. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. 2. Used for feeling. 3. presence. Chris Watson's sound pedigree reaches back through recordings for David Attenborough's The Life Of Birds to work with such experimental music combos as the Hafler Trio and Cabaret Voltaire Cabaret Voltaire can mean:
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