Indian Summer Festival: HYDRONE

HYDRONE is a transdisciplinary spatial audio installation by Ruby Singh exploring water as memory, force, and connective tissue. Presented through the 4DSOUND system at Lobe Studio, the work combines hydrophones, environmental recordings, modular synthesis, poetry, and climate data sonification to create an evolving sonic ecosystem that moves through elemental states of ice, river, rain, ocean, and mist. Inspired by hydrological cycles and the nonlinear rhythms of the natural world, audiences are invited into a meditative and visceral experience of ecology, memory, and planetary crisis.

Developed collaboratively with Priyanka Chakrabarti (PIU), Tarun Nayar, and Fiana Kawane, the installation draws deeply from Indian classical music and ambient music practices. Cyclical notions of time, seasonality, rhythm, raga-based temporalities, and storytelling shape the unfolding spatial compositions, while tabla, voice, and synthesis become central pathways through which audiences experience the work.

Enhanced by Lobe’s haptic floor, low frequencies resonate physically throughout the space, allowing audiences to feel sound move across and beneath the body. HYDRONE becomes a contemplative encounter with ecological interdependence, ancestral memory, and the emotional realities of climate transformation.

Experience this sound installation anytime within the window. Stay for 45 minutes to experience HYDRONE fully, or immerse yourself at your own pace. 

Date: Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Time: 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Music Series Partner: Creative BC

Accessibility Information: For information about seating, parking, washrooms, and other accessibility information see: Lobe Studio Accessibility.