RABIA
2025
Creative Direction
Spatial Design
Technical Design
Interaction Design
Generative Visuals
Spatial Audio
RABIA is an interactive sound/visual installation and contemporary ritual that transforms the physical expression of anger into a collective, multisensory experience. Developed in response to the historical and ongoing repression of rage, RABIA reclaims public space as a site for catharsis, empowerment, and embodied emotional release.
At the center of the installation is a custom-built punching bag embedded with sensors that captures the force and rhythm of participants’ strikes. These physical gestures are translated in real time into dynamic soundscapes and responsive visuals, generated through a system built in TouchDesigner, Max/MSP, and Ableton Live.
RABIA incorporates a pre-trained AI audio model built from a collective archive of recorded expressions of rage that are activated as participants strike the punching bag, linking individual emotion to a shared communal resonance while functioning as both an expressive layer and an evolving archive of historically silenced voices.
Presented at MIRA Festival, OFF Festival, IASLab, Light Nights Festival
