Invocation is a multi-channel sound and video installation that builds on Gryllus’s doctoral research into the compositional potentials of data science, data visualization, and sonification. Central to the project is a half-hour-long music piece, conceived and composed by Gryllus in collaboration with Thea Soti (voice) and Matuska Flóra (cello) employing a specially developed system of notation and instruction grounded in hydrological data sonification.
The work takes as its point of departure the meditative observation of water as a “hyperobject” (Timothy Morton) — an entity of planetary scale whose morphologies and transformations exceed immediate human comprehension. Translating these hydrological processes into sound, Gryllus opens a space for collective listening, contemplation, and immersion.
The composition is accompanied by a large-scale video installation that transforms surface morphologies of water into fully digital environments, as well as a unique print derived from the project’s data sources and two synchronized screens displaying the musical notations. Together, these elements articulate a complex, multi-sensory exploration of water as both material and metaphor, echoing the planetary scales of ecological interdependence.