Tag: kinetic sculpture

this category refers to sculptural objects or mechanical contraptions designed to produce or respond to acoustical sound. some are computer controlled mechanisms that play instruments like in the case of the Nickelodeon-like pieces by Trimpin. others are objects that move, change or display transformations governed by the physical presence of sound; as in the case of Alvin Lucier’s Music for Bass Drums, Pure Waves and Acoustic Pendulums, and our own Alba Triana’s string pieces. a third category involves contraptions that call for interactive audience participation or performance, like in the case of Brenda Hutchinson’s Giant Music Box, Alison Knowles’ Paper Weather Instruments and our own Duane Brant’s Sew Organ

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    SOUND

    A 42-page catalog documenting SOUND, the 2009 exhibition curated and designed by Gustavo Matamoros for The Bass Museum of Art.

  • Sewing machines mounted on sculptural wooden resonators in Duane Brant’s interactive installation Sew Organ.

    SOUND
    A Sound Art Exhibition

    A museum exhibition composed across space and time, SOUND brought together multichannel, autonomous and interactive works while addressing the problem of presenting sound art within shared galleries.

  • Gustavo Matamoros stands before a seated audience surrounded by tropical plants and historic architecture in Vizcaya’s central courtyard. Photo by Luis Olazabal.

    Organ

    Organ gathers five interconnected works created from Vizcaya’s historic player organ, its surviving rolls and the resonant architecture of the Villa’s central courtyard.