Sophia Collender
Copper traces on acrylic with a speaker and microcontroller, a hand reaching in. Copper strips fanned to a breadboard beside wire strippers. Stepped strips before placement on the sheet. Top-down. Close view of the traces and speaker. Oblique view. Testing the touch points by hand. Board and traces.

Speaker Instrument Prototype

2025
Copper tape on acrylic, Arduino Nano, 4-inch speaker, breadboard

Copper traces on an acrylic sheet run between an Arduino and a speaker. Touching the copper distorts the audio as it plays.

The piece explores the body as part of the circuit: the hand completes the connection wherever it lands, and the sound changes with it.