Alexander Lauterwasser (born 1951 in
Ãœberlingen
Überlingen is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second largest city in the Bodenseekreis (district), and a cent ...
) is a German researcher and photographer who based his work on work done by
Ernst Chladni
Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (, , ; 30 November 1756 – 3 April 1827) was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled as the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates an ...
and
Hans Jenny in the field of
Cymatics
Cymatics (from grc, κῦμα, translit=kyma, translation=wave) is a subset of modal vibrational phenomena. The term was coined by Hans Jenny (1904-1972), a Swiss follower of the philosophical school known as anthroposophy. Typically the surf ...
.
In 2002, Lauterwasser published his book ''Wasser Klang Bilder'' (Water Sound Images) with imagery of water surfaces set into motion by sound sources ranging from pure
sine wave
A sine wave, sinusoidal wave, or just sinusoid is a curve, mathematical curve defined in terms of the ''sine'' trigonometric function, of which it is the graph of a function, graph. It is a type of continuous wave and also a Smoothness, smooth p ...
s to music by
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
,
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...
and even
overtone chanting.
In 2006,
MACROmedia Publishing published the English version of the Lauterwasser book titled ''Water Sound Images''.
It is a 176-page hardcover edition with hundreds of color photos, presenting the art, science and mystical side of
Cymatics
Cymatics (from grc, κῦμα, translit=kyma, translation=wave) is a subset of modal vibrational phenomena. The term was coined by Hans Jenny (1904-1972), a Swiss follower of the philosophical school known as anthroposophy. Typically the surf ...
.
In 2012, Lauterwasser's work was featured in the film
Inner Worlds Outer Worlds.
External links
Alexander Lauterwasser main website Wasser Klang BilderCymatic Source- where images from the book "Water Sound Images" can be found
References
Photographers from Baden-Württemberg
1951 births
Living people
People from Ãœberlingen
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