'Wave Machine' was part of 'Chroma', a project initiated by Marie Nerland for Volt, inspired by British artist, writer and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s book 'Chroma – a book of Colour' (1993). Jarman worked and experimented with a range of different media including film, photography, writing, the diary format, collages and gardening. Chroma consists of a mix of observations, quotations and meditations on life and colour. It contains of 19 essays on the primary colours as well as white, black, grey, silver, gold, shadow, light and translucence.