Transcript
2026
Folded cardboard, Principles of Phonautography (1857)
118 × 84 × 16 cm, each

First of a series of six manually punched organ books that together present the introduction of Scott de Martinville’s Principles of Phonautography.

Phonautography is a technique that enabled visual transcription of sound. Scott de Martinville never considered playing back the sound and consequently quickly lost fame after Edison’s invention of the phonograph.

The text is created with a pixel font. The punched holes in the cardboard capture both visual and sonic information, just as the phonautograph did at the time.


Installation view: 2026, La Cour, Atelier de l’enjoliveur, Brussles, BE