Aeolian | Are You Still Here?, July 2026

Aeolian is a new audiovisual piece that explores the element of air through sound and image, and is the first release in a series exploring all four elements.

Wind is the element we feel but cannot see — moving through grass, through breath, through mood, through weather we did not choose. A blustery gust can unmoor us; a warm, steady breeze can hold us like a hand on the chest. In yogic philosophy, this is vayu, the subtle intelligence behind all movement — not just the air outside us, but the breath and life-force within, seated at the heart.

Aeolian takes its name from the wind-shaped land — the dunes, the grasses, the birds moving through open sky over Camber Sands. To witness these is to be reminded of something larger than the self: the fierce and the gentle, moving through a landscape indifferent to us, and beautiful because of it.

This piece is a collaboration between two sisters: sound, composed by Sasha Jacques at 638 Hz for the heart chakra — vowel toning, the bija mantra Yam, and a crystal singing bowl in F, layered with kochi, shamanic drum and ocarina; and image, an audio-reactive visual journey I built through wind's many moods.

Together, they invite you into an immersive environment — a tiny world in miniature, sand and shells underfoot, that stands in for the beach itself. Step in, headphones on, breathing scented air, and let the piece transport you there: to the dunes, the grasses, the birds moving through open sky. To witness, in that small frame, something vast.

The exhibition

Aeolian was shown as part of Are You Still Here?, a one-day group exhibition bringing together 21 sculptors, writers, painters, photographers, ceramicists, designers and makers, exploring stillness and presence in the "in-between," inside the historic Old Waiting Room next to Peckham Rye Station. Part of the Wander/Wonder series, which reimagines waiting as a space for transformation.

Thank you to everyone who came, to the curator for putting together such a thoughtful show, and to the other artists who made the space feel like somewhere worth waiting in.

Aeolian is the first piece in a series exploring all four elements — more to come.