12.02 Sound Art Workshop

Sound Art Workshop Session Notes ¹

“Sound art prioritizes space; music prioritizes time.” – from Sonic Genealogies podcast: Thomas Ankersmit on Maryanne Amacher 

Presentation - Sound Sculptures:

View examples (videos) of kinetic sculpture / sound sculpture

Jean Tinguely (Swiss, 1925 – 1991)

• Jean Tinguely’s Four Méta-Harmonie Music Machines  (2:58)
• Tinguely kinetic sound sculptures  - (1:51)
• Christian Marclay: Meta-Concert / Performance at Museum Tinguely  (8:46)
  • Jean Tinguely - Sound Sculpture #1  (2:14; audio/LP)

Zimoun (Swiss, 1977 – )

• Zimoun  (16:17)

Anne-f Jacques (Montréal (Québec), 1980 – )

• Matières en suspension  (installation, 3:26)
• Quelques lentes patentes  (sculpture sketches, 2:05)
• Audiograft 2016  (tabletop performance, 5:05)
• Mechanical Music – VNM Festival 2016  (performance, 29:01)
• 10 Performance Videos  (10 performance videos)

Petr Válek (Czech, 1976 – )

• wall sculpture 
• sculpture w/ zither 
• sculpture 
• sculpture 

Discuss sources of motion driving animation, the use of simple machines to transform or guide that motion, and interactivity.

Videos

Additional Notes

Skatch Boxes

References