Think about typography as an audible experience. Each word we read is spoken in our heads.  How can those sounds be translated into an visual form?

Charles Burchfield, The Insect Chorus, 1917. Abstract visualization of the insect’s sounds. Accomplished with rhythm and quality in the lines.

So how can these scientific experiments be utilized to create typographic form? In most instances seen above the sound which is being visualized is tonality. Not spoken word, which would be the direct cousin of typography. In the instance of the Radiohead song words are included into the visualization but it also consisted of an instrumental element, which is what usually resulted in the formation of the ripples. Also these instances are not static images, they are temporal experiences. Although a still image can be used to synthesize the entire experience, it would not be a direct visual representation of the sound because sound is a curved wave form which is traveling, there is no such thing as a “point” in this spectrum. Therefore I feel filming my experience should be something I consider. Or exploring alternative ways of showing multiple instances in a single frame.