Resonant Field is a performative timber installation that translates human presence into a responsive field of movement and sound. Inspired by the invisible currents of prairie winds and the calibrated mechanics of traditional automata, the project offers a low-tech infrastructure for communal interaction—one that foregrounds embodied experience over digital automation.

The installation consists of a tensile lounging and performance platform, paired with a vertical surface composed of kinetic tiles. As users engage the webbed floor—by sitting, shifting, or dancing—their weight subtly activates a network of paracord cables and counterweights. These analog linkages trigger movement along the vertical plane: the tiles pivot in response, setting in motion a field of wheatgrass-covered modules that ripple across the wall like a breeze through dry grass. The structure is clad in reflective aluminum, allowing the surrounding landscape, sky, and the bodies of participants to shimmer across its surface. This dual cladding—organic and reflective—enables the wall to register both mechanical feedback and environmental change. As the wall responds to human interaction, the reflective aluminum captures fleeting images of the Woodstock landscape, layering site and motion into a continuously shifting visual field.