PARADE
PARADE Collective
Artwork Description:
PARADE is a radically open, participatory web-based artwork that enacts an endless virtual procession of voices. Rooted in a growing archive of vocal expressions, it invites the global public to join as Co-Creators, contributing human voices in any language or form to a living sonic commons. The work unfolds through two accessible browser-based experiences: Procession, a geo-based WebAR encounter for mobile, and Spatial Archive, an immersive 3D web environment for desktop. Through spatial audio, voices do not appear as static files; they approach, recede, cluster, and disperse around the listener, transforming listening into a bodily encounter with plurality. Conceived amid an era of interwoven global fracture, PARADE does not seek resolution or a synthesized harmony. Instead, it stages a gesture of absurdist resilience: a collective insistence on being heard, even when unity emerges through dissonance, friction, and chaos. Within this procession, no single narrative dominates. Voices are not ranked by popularity, virality, or engagement, establishing an anti-ranking aesthetic that refuses algorithmic priority as a substitute for truth. By preserving the raw voice—its breaths, hesitations, glottal stops, and emotional grain—PARADE resists technological flattening and synthetic smoothness. It asks whether the shared persistence of dissonance might constitute a solidarity deeper than consensus.
Project Collaborators:
Core Conceptual & Technical Team: Connor YS Matla, Jie Guan, Soo Hwa Chang, Kang Hyun Geun, and Neo Hasegawa. Spatial Audio & Acoustic Engineering Advisor: Jiafu Li. Voices & Co-Creation: PARADE is sustained by its growing network of global contributors, whose vocal submissions form the archive’s acoustic foundation. Contributors are credited as Co-Creators on the platform, reflecting the project’s commitment to distributed authorship and collective stewardship. PARADE belongs entirely to all its contributors. PARADE is currently an independent, self-funded initiative, developed through the core team’s personal investment of time and resources to preserve its openness and autonomy.
